Arnold Eisen

I generally avoid Nazi-occupied Europe. Kin blood gathers in pools upon the ground, glinting in refracted light, the soil too saturated to carry more…

Tuvia Grossman does not remember much of what happened after he collapsed into the arms of a border policeman on September 30, 2000. Bleeding from…

Call her Mrs. Isabelle. A tall, strict teacher in my Connecticut elementary school, Mrs. Isabelle wore her gray hair braided and wound around her…

On a hill in Neveh Granot where less than 50 years ago wolves roamed, the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies dedicated the first of the three…

The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies dedicated on Tuesday the first building of its new campus next to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and…

Burning issues threatening to split the Conservative Movement, such as the ordination of homosexual and lesbian rabbis, the sharp drop in the number…

There are many wonderful things to say about the Jewish Theological Seminary, but let's face it - it's not exactly where all the hipsters meet.…

The motherhood brandSir, - My son, a combat soldier, was home for Shabbat and had to be back at his Beersheba base by 10 a.m. on Mother's Day. He…

It is a precipitous moment for Jewish religious leadership in the US.While the problems are primarily financial, their impact appears to threaten the…

A London theater that hosted a Deir Yassin commemoration has bowed to pressure by anti-Zionist groups and canceled an Israel Independence Day…

Reform Rabbi David Saperstein, a social-justice advocate who sits on US President Barack Obama's Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood…

The Conservative Movement will launch a campaign to encourage immigration to Israel from North and South America during the movement's annual…

It could be a science fiction segment in the spirit of Star Trek but with a twist of gematria, the kabbalistic analysis of Hebrew letters. A very…

Zionism needs to do more to integrate Israeli Arabs in the Jewish state, Arnold Eisen, the chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary in…

Alix Railton moved from New York City to this tranquil aspen-coated hamlet 18 years ago for the same reason that millions of tourists visit each…

One thing certainly cannot be denied Hizbullah - it knows how to stage a show for themedia. The most memorable moment from the extensive coverage of…

A new fellowship will bring together rabbinical students from the Reform and Conservative movements to learn how to better address the challenges…

In the winter of 1949 the Chief Rabbinate's Governing Council decided to designate the 10th of Tevet, a fast day commemorating the siege of Jerusalem…

At 72, Rabbi Harold Kushner, the best-selling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, leads a life that most of his rabbinic colleagues can…

So a reporter comes to me with a great idea for a feature story. Jewish moms are buzzing over a new "meal prep" place in a local strip mall. The…