Tag: judaism

To become a rabbi, one goes to seminary. There are different schools for different movements in Judaism.

Being Jewish, especially in a very Christian place like Spokane, means frequently having to deal with misconceptions about your cultural and religious traditions.

There are reasons Judaism seems like a religion first and foremost in the minds of many, if not most, non-Jews.

In Judaism, on Yom Kippur, we ask G-d to forgive the sins we committed against him, but in order to be forgiven for wrongs we’ve committed against others, we have to offer our sincere apologies and ask for forgiveness.

Ask a Jew: Why are there different sects of Judaism? How did these changes come to pass?

On Thursday Temple Beth Shalom will launch a three-week introduction to Judaism class.

It’s one thing for liberal Jewish congregations to accept intermarried couples fully into the fold. It’s quite another for rabbis to model intermarriage, which plenty of American Jews still view as religio-cultural kryptonite.