We learn that “in front of” Jesus, there was a man suffering from dropsy (today called “edema”). We are not told if he is one ...

Editor's note: As part of our commitment to foster civil conversations in Viewpoints, we're inviting faith leaders to submit edited versions of their homilies that transcend religion, with messages ...

Every Friday evening, filmmaker Tiffany Shlain does something radical in our always-on culture: she and her family turn off all their screens. For the next 24 hours, from sundown Friday to sundown ...

As anyone who has spent weeks cleaning for Passover can attest, the Shabbat before the holiday is often, as the kids would say, mid. Paranoid about any hametz landing under couches, stressed about the ...

Of all the gifts that the Jewish people has given to the world, perhaps the most important is what in Hebrew is called “Shabbat” and often translated into English as “Sabbath.” Shabbat, however, is ...