In our day and age, we have become an over-opinionated society that indulges in garnering attention. Many of the things we do and say are merely for effect, and we often fail to really consider the ...

A: Kosher laws come from the Bible (Leviticus, Chapter 11), where God commands Jews to eat only meat from ruminants (animals that chew their cud) and those which also have cloven hooves (essentially, ...

Quick! Don’t think. I want you to do this right off the top of your head. Rhyme the word “Shellie.” You chose “belly”, didn’t you? That’s what I was afraid of; it happens every time. For the record, I ...

Below is the fifth in an ongoing series of conversations with local religious leaders about religion in the public square. It’s edited for space. Rabbi Steven Rein leads Agudas Achim, a Conservative ...

The Vatican is urging people to respect creation when they take their summer vacation, which will allow them to more easily encounter God. "We invite everyone to promote and use tourism in a ...

Q. Throughout history, so-called human beings have been killing each other. It seems that most of the time, the killing happens for its own sake. How can we reverse that? — J.W.R., Fort Lauderdale A.

Jewish law is commonly divided into two groups: laws that govern our relationship with God (bein adam la’Makom) and laws that govern our relationship with our fellow person (bein adam l’chavero). Thus ...

*Alice and Oisin are in the school auditorium. Oisin is wearing a top hat and a cape. Alice has a football. * NARRATOR: Hello Oisin! Hey Alice! What are you up to? *Alice does a couple of keepy-uppies ...

I read with great interest the letter published in the newspaper on Nov. 5 from Ted Williams, of Grafton, Massachusetts. The crux of his letter was to deride Louisiana for our Neanderthal ...