What the queen means to Jewish tradition and to resisting tyranny and persecution—in the seventeenth century and today.

While we must wring our hands over the unintended and often terrible consequences of our well-intentioned actions, we must ...

Ira Rezak's "Jewry Reflected, Refracted and Recorded on Medals" is based on an exhibition of his material at New York’s ...

Venture into the depths of Israel and Palestine, where nature’s resilience meets human history in the harshest landscapes. Discover the speed and power of the caracal, a desert predator that defies ...

Are there really ancient linguistic connections between Ancient Greek and Polynesian languages? What do these reveal about ...

The Synagogue: A house of prayer, study and assembly - Synagogue and ancient temple - A house of the people instead of a house of God - Worship by prayer and not sacrifice - Instruction and debate ...

Object Details author Kampf, Avram Contents The Synagogue: A house of prayer, study and assembly - Synagogue and ancient temple - A house of the people instead of a house of God - Worship by prayer ...

Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her parents to her husband. But there are creative ways to reflect gender equality ...

Last week it was announced that a Roman mosaic, long thought lost to the ravages of war and the whimsy of wartime looting, finally returned to ...

Joshua Hammer takes a hugely enjoyable look at three rivals who competed to decipher the world’s oldest writing ...

The Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum in Texas tells the story of Aliyah Bet through model ships and exhibits.

Walter Zev Feldman’s “From the Bronx to the Bosphorus: Klezmer and Other Displaced Musics of New York” is part ...