Answers to Jewish Questions

Listening to the podcast definitely counts as Torah study. It’s an opportunity to learn a bit of Torah and start to think about the weekly Torah while also incorporating some modern-day thinking into the traditional message.

Shiva is a time when we reminisce, remember, recapture memories of a loved one. As such, what we usually do during a condolence call is to listen to those memories that the mourner wishes to share or to talk about other subjects initiated by the mourner that may have nothing to do with his or her loss.

Reform Jews are committed to the principle of inclusion.

Jewish tradition gives structure to many aspects of mourning as a way to create order at a time when mourners may feel unmoored.

What does Judaism teach us about helping our children to cope with terrible news that even we, as adults, find challenging to understand or process?

At such a poignant milestone, this prayer captures both the emotion in parents’ hearts and their hopes for their child’s future

Jews may attend the worship services of other religions.

While Judaism does not have an equivalent to the secular Mother’s Day, Reform Judaism has been at the forefront of including women in religious life as equal partners.

For centuries, Jewish custom has prohibited marriages at specific dates and times during the Jewish year.