Local artist Melanie Lieb Taylor exhibits her collection, “Echo: A Visual History of Anti-Semitism,” opening June 2 at the Saranac Art Projects gallery.

“Do Animals Have Souls?” How we answer that question should significantly influence how we interact with and think about animals. And if their spiritual makeup is a crucial large-scale question, their status in the context of family life is an important smaller-scale question. Is a pet a member of the family, or merely part of the household?

I have always had more female friends than male ones. Coming from this background, I found much to think about -- and, let’s be honest, joke about -- regarding Mike Pence’s 2002 statement that he does not, as a matter of personal policy, dine alone with women other than his wife.

My kid is asking things like: Where is God? What does God look like? How come I don't hear God? … So someone more knowledgeable: Do Jews believe God is everywhere and in everything? Is God all powerful and all good? Do loved ones go to "heaven"? What can they even understand?

After the burial, mourners return home (or, ideally, to the home of the deceased) to sit shiva for seven days. Shiva is simply the Hebrew word for seven.

I do not believe the Tomahawk missiles we launched at Syrian targets will do what supporters of this action want them to do.