Religion & Philosophy

Gerald Platt on why Judaism measures a meaningful life by what we do for others, from a Warsaw guide’s story to Israel’s volunteers.

Rabbi Yossy Goldman on what makes Yom Kippur uniquely powerful and why it reveals who we really are.

Rabbi Avi Weiss offers a meditation on the Unetaneh Tokef prayer as the 25th anniversary of 9/11 falls on Rosh Hashanah this year.

Yael Eckstein on the Book of Ruth, the choice to receive Torah anew, and the Sinai values that bind Israel and a soon-250-year-old America.

As America turns 250 and Passover nears, the festival of freedom invites a deeper look at what freedom means in Hebrew tradition.

OU Kosher’s hotline handles 150 calls a day, double that before Pesach. Two rabbinic coordinators answer the year’s most common kashrut questions.