Jewish culture and history are nothing short of amazing. Our traditions are thousands of years old, uniting different communities from the Diaspora. We even have Jewish laws and Halacha that dictate ...

I received the following from The Shamayim V’aretz Institute about the cruelty practiced against animals during the kapparos (also spelled kapparot) ceremony that many Orthodox Jews observe. I agree ...

Rabbi Shea Hecht plucks a chicken off a truck parked behind a synagogue in Queens, N.Y., and demonstrates how to swing a chicken. "You take it by the wing," says the white-haired Hecht, careful not to ...