As the world celebrates the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, is its voice receding in American culture?

On Purim, says Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, the more you can poke fun at the gravitas of life, the better.

"The psalms continue to be wholly relevant to our spiritual quests today," says poet, writer, and former rabbinical student Pamela Greenberg.

Watch more of producer Susan Goldstein's interview with writer Pamela Greenberg, whose new translation of the Book of Psalms is being praised for its literary beauty.

View a gallery of images illuminating the psalms by Hebrew manuscript artist Debra Band.

Watch more of producer Susan Goldstein's interview with writer Pamela Greenberg, whose new translation of the Book of Psalms is being praised for its literary beauty.

View a gallery of images illuminating the psalms by Hebrew manuscript artist Debra Band.

Passover's ancient themes of freedom, liberation, and transformation are sacred to Jews and shared by everyone, says Rabbi Amy Eilberg.

At the center of Judaism, writes Yale University scholar and critic David Gelernter, is "a thread of ecstasy…the whole world, space and time and suffering and all, pulled together by triumphant jubilation."

Yavilah McCoy is one of several thousand African-American Jews. She has devoted her talent and energy to use Gospel music to try to overcome the prejudice she has experienced from other Jews. To create a better future for her children, Yavilah wants it known that Jews come in a variety of shades and colors.