Since Talmud study is not enough, hopes for a breakthrough remain. (For previous articles in this series, see here and here.) In antisemistic environments, Talmud study helped keep Judaism alive. Boys ...

Q: Dear Rabbi Gellman, I read your weekly column in Newsday “faithfully”. I learn so much from you. I am a practicing Roman Catholic and I have many wonderful Jewish friends. My DNA shows that I am 2 ...

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The Shabbat morning service at Congregation Sha’arei Shalom in this suburb of Raleigh has a familiar feel to anyone who grew up in a mainstream American synagogue. Sixty adults and a handful of ...

I officially became a Catholic on Feb. 18, 2022, surrounded by my wonderful parents, closest friends and Father Charles Trullols — my closest spiritual mentor and guide, who brought me into the Church ...