One of Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh’s favorite duties as Vice President, Director of the Maas Center and Miller Introduction to Judaism program at American Jewish University is welcoming newcomers. “Since ...

A non-Jewish acquaintance, who grew up knowing very few if any Jews, recently confided in me that he had been taught by his father to admire the Jewish people because of our reverence for and pursuit ...

The Torah teaches precisely the opposite. Growth emerges through effort and perseverance. The Mishnah teaches, “Lefum tza’ara ...

If you’ve binged Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This” with the rest of the Jewish community, you may be inspired to lean into your heritage and learn a bit more about Judaism. (Or, if you’re not Jewish, ...