Conjuring fear of Nazism and anti-Semitism, Jews recoil from the thought that Judaism might be a race, but medical geneticist Harry Ostrer insists the 'biological basis of Jewishness' cannot be ignored.    In his new book, “Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People,” Harry Ostrer, a medical geneticist...

American-Israeli author Gershom Gorenberg​ argues, Israel is a country best defined by its contradictions. So is his newest book, The Unmaking of Israel.

When the Christian era ends in Europe, so too will end the era of European Jewry.

Allowing practicinghomosexuals to become Conservative rabbis is a travesty for Judaism.

If Muslims believe they suffer great pain in the grave but can avoid it if they die as martyrs, then terror masters have an effective argument when they recruit "martyrdom" bombers.

Judaism remains a rich tapestry with threads of faith, land, and blood ancestry--a genetic as well as a cultural inheritance.

How could a good God let unthinkable suffering torment our world?