A mezuzah, no matter how small or how grand, is the essential marker of a Jewish home.

Irwin Kula joined Lauren Green on Fox News.com to talk about the impact of Dr. King, and what lessons we still very much need to learn today. 1/16/12 video not available.

On Jan. 11, Rabbi Irwin Kula was invited by Kazakhstan Ambassador Erlan Idrissov to Kazakhstan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, to give remarks on “Religion as an Instrument of Peace” at an Interfaith Dinner & Dialogue. The talk was in light of an upcoming trip of religious leaders to Kazakhstan on May 30-31, 2012, which Rabbi Kula will attend.

"Not a month goes by without a young person just out of the closet — or sometimes that person’s shocked parents — contacting me in search of Orthodox leaders to respond credibly to their questions. It was this reality that was on my mind as I confronted the backlash to a same-sex commitment ceremony I performed last November. In response, 100 rabbis signed a statement censuring me.

"Protests have broken out across Israel by members of the ultra-Orthodox community in response to government efforts to uphold civil law..."

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From Brad Hirschfield’s blog in the Washington Post’s "On Faith" Column — For God’s Sake

Brad Hirschfield joins Foxnews.com Live to talk about Hanukkah, and why its message is important to not only Jews but to all Americans. View...

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"...Perhaps the enduring miracle which Hanukkah celebrates is that there is always more light than we first imagine and that the fuel to create it is really there when look we hard enough and dare to trust its power. Here’s where Hanukkah and Christmas, for all their difference, have a great deal in common...."

In recognition of his notable national and international work on Jewish law, Clal Director Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard, Ph.D., was named Scholar-in-Residence at Fordham University’s Institute for Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work. The position is ongoing, and will include participating on special projects, teaching a Talmud seminar, and appearing at worldwide conferences. This is the first time such a position has been named. Since 2007, Rabbi Blanchard has been an adjunct professor at Fordham University’s School of Law.

Irwin Kula joins Lauren Green on Fox News.com's "Spirited Debate," to look at how interfaith families approach the holidays, blending traditions in new ways. View...

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Why are these candles different from all other candles?

The answer — when it comes to Hanukkah, could change your life.

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Standing in the glow of the Hanukkah candles, we are invited to see ourselves, each other, and the world in a different light. That’s one of the gifts of Hanukkah we can all give ourselves and those we love — it’s a gift almost as old as the holiday itself, and it really works!