Two of the most important words in the Hebrew Scriptures are mishpat and tzedakah. Mishpat means giving people what they are due. It is often translated "justice." In the presence of injustice, ...

With the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation is once again embroiled in its recurring conflict over what judicial approach should animate our courts. Judge ...

The Moreh Zedek, commonly translated as the Teacher of Righteousness, should perhaps be better rendered as the True Guide. Two works, The Damascus Cocument and the Commentary on Habakkuk, make him the ...

At bar or bat mitzvah ceremonies in most American Jewish congregations, the young person, who is marking his or her coming of age in the Jewish religious community, is presented with an English ...