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New York’s Lost Temple

In 1865, German Jews built the largest synagogue in the United States, capable of holding 2,000 worshipers, with a breathtaking interior space rising to the equivalent of five stories. What happened to it?The Titanic‘s Kosher Meal

The availability of kosher food on the Titanic sheds light on England's role as a transit point for Eastern European Jews on the way to America.Altarcation

Adam Zertal's sensational discovery of "Joshua's altar" should have created a paradigm shift in archeology—that is, if anyone had believed him.Couched Wisdom

Jews are more likely to seek out therapy and believe in its efficacy than are other Americans. What Jews Should Know about the New Testament

By reading the New Testament in its historical contexts, Jews can better comprehend not only Christianity's polemics, but its point of departure from Judaism.Learn Hebrew!

The cultural gulf between Israel and the Diaspora can be bridged—but only if American Jews decide they want to bridge it.And Justice for All

While Shmuly Yanklowitz's writing is uneven and his scholarship is suspect, his activist agenda is built on classical Judaism.The Carp in the Bathtub

In the Brooklyn of the writer's youth, they didn't know from ahi tuna, but carp made good pets—and great gefilte fish, too.Prayers and Poems

Poetry and prayer have been allied traditions from the beginning.