(RNS) — Texas is calling for Bible passages to be part of the curriculum. Sure. Bring on Song of Songs!

(RNS) — Zionism is the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. But is that all it means? Two Jewish thought leaders have it out.

(RNS) — Two identities seem to be in a wrestling match — but both can win.

(RNS) — From ‘Close Encounters’ to ‘E.T.’ to ‘Disclosure Day,’ we might begin to understand Steven Spielberg’s religious journey.

(RNS) — Something was going on beneath the music. It was dark and sinister, and we ignored it.

(RNS) — One small hyphen makes all the difference between a principled debate and a hate movement.

(RNS) — A New York City conference considers the future of Reform Judaism.

(RNS) — That old fear of being ‘too Jewish’ is alive and well. But we can fight it.

(RNS) — This Shavuot, I recall a remarkably wise comment from a young girl that echoes across the Jewish tradition.

(RNS) — A new report documents the unimaginable sexual violence of Oct. 7, 2023. I am done softening what I now know.

(RNS) — Abe Foxman made the world a little less hateful. We need him now more than ever.

(RNS) — When we grow accustomed to a partner who has no independent existence, we lose the emotional muscles required to love a real person.

(RNS) — I have always given Israel ‘the best of my love,’ to quote the Eagles. Today, that love carries a price.

(RNS) — She is not Philip Roth. She did not need to be. She touched lives, and she healed souls.

(RNS) — One woman faces the unimaginable with a faith that is equally unimaginable.

(RNS) — A storied New York Reform synagogue sold its property to an Iranian yeshiva. There is more to the story than meets the eye.

(RNS) — One man seemed to imagine himself as Jesus. The other one simply tried to act like him.

(RNS) — Evil is a great mystery. So is goodness.

(RNS) — When an American president threatens to destroy a civilization, we all should respond in horror.

(RNS) — When two clergy people share each other's most powerful truths, the result is magic.

(RNS) — If our early warning system seems a tad too sensitive, it is because we have been bitten by too many snakes.

(RNS) — Why Jews have traditionally gone against the grain.

(RNS) — With the right-wing drift of the Republican Party, these antisemites are proximate to the halls of political power.

(RNS) — How can Jews and allies stand up to hate from all sides?

How do Jews respond to those who seek Jewish death? By affirming Jewish life.

Who is the stranger in the Bible? Some Americans would be surprised.

Two moral teachers and a handful of lessons that we need now.

For Jews observing Purim, the timing of the attack on Iran is uncanny. The lessons are sobering.

Teddy bears. Lionel trains. Baseball cards. Curious George. Barbie. All were made by Jews.

Bono speaks as a friend of Judaism and the Jewish people. Let's give him the respect he deserves.