Professor Yehudah Mirsky offers his analysis of the recent Israeli elections and their import for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A new study uses news articles featuring Pope Francis to gauge how political and religious identities shape responses to climate change.

A lost child in 1928 Massena, NY sparked the United States' only known blood libel. A new history of the event connects the dots to anti-Semitism today.

Hebrew and Jewish day schools could use these methods and techniques to improve instruction, say researchers.

Attending religious services and private prayer may give people over 50 a boost to thinking and memory, researchers report.

New research finds a link between obesity and church attendance among African American men.

Our culture's fat phobia has deep cultural and religious roots, a new book argues.

The textbook "American Judaism," first published in 2004, has a new edition featuring updates regarding identity, politics, and a "national religious recession."

Survey results suggest spontaneous God encounters could boost mental health—even when the experiences result from using drugs.

The archaeologist who analyzed the ayahuasca-containing fox-snout pouch calls it "the most amazing artifact I've had the privilege to work with."