Scott Perlo

The recent study by HUC/JIR's Dr. Steven Cohen of rabbinical students at Jewish Theological Seminary proves it: young rabbis and current rabbinical students remain deeply committed to Israel.

For those of us who fall into either category, the JTS survey provides the kind of recognition and response...

If asked, even synagogue-going Jews will acknowledge a reality: most do not pray. This reality is disturbing, not just because it questions the purpose of the many hours each has spent in services (each Shabbat service is two to three hours long), but because the absence of sincere prayer occasions...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a column exploring the lack of participation of men in American religion. Much to my surprise, I received two kinds of comments again and again about the article.

The first category of commentator was pleased by the news that men were...

There was, in my first full year living in Israel, a point when I began to get frightened. The year was 2005, and the disengagement from Gaza was rapidly approaching. In the media, on the buses, in public places I started to hear a repeated phrase in the mouths of...

To the endangered species of our world, let us add another: the vanishing American religious male. While he's not near extinction, he's definitely PBS-special worthy. His disappearance isn't just within Judaism -- his lack of participation extends to every religion in the American landscape. And rabbis, priests, pastors, imams, demographers...