Last year 10,000 people from across the East Coast swarmed into Litchfield for the annual New England Jewish Festival. This Labor Day weekend Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach, director of the Chabad-Lubavitch of Northwest Connecticut, is hoping for an even bigger crowd.

ATLANTA -- AishCafe's flashy Web presence makes it look more like a gambling site than the religious experience it is. There are interactive animations, clickable icons and even a mock iPhone to lure in Jewish colle

Similarities exist in many of the world’s faiths. For example, Christianity, Islam and Judaism’s beginnings can be traced back to Israel, a country peppered with sites considered holy to the religions.

When Barbara Mindel wanted to help instill Jewish traditions in her grandchildren - the offspring of an interfaith marriage who were raised without Judaism - she took a simple step.

Kevin Young said he intended to raise his son in his wife Lisa’s religion, Judaism, but never planned to join it himself.

(IsraelNN.com) The Anti-Defamation League has denounced a call by an international evangelical organization to target European Jewry for conversion, declaring it a “serious affront to the Jewish people” and “disrespectful to Judaism’s own teachings.”

FAIRFIELD - Dr. Ellen Umansky has taught at Fairfield University since 1983, when Carl and Dorothy Bennett of Stamford established the institution’s first endowed chair, and what was to become the longest-running Judaic studies program at an American Jesuit university.

The Union for Reform Judaism, the largest synagogue movement in North America, has named its first female vice president.

A website run by Aish HaTorah, an Orthodox Jewish educational network based in Israel, offers students willing to learn about their faith a payout of up to $250 or a $300 subsidy for a trip to Israel.

Melissa Schwab is no Zionist zealot. She's not an Orthodox Jew seeking to be nearer to God. She didn't flee anti-Semitism.