Known as "Pesach" in Hebrew, Passover commemorates pivotal events in the Book of Exodus. Jews celebrate the freeing of ...

Blessings of gratitude are among the many ways we can still “bring sacrifices” without a central worship site and its attending priests.

A Hebrew manuscript, which experts have dated to the eighth century making it the earliest known such object, is on view in ...

Probing the disciplines, and the manners in which each operates, generates an understanding of human endeavors and history ...

Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley marked the start of its Torah, Ruach, Limmud Campaign with a Torah writing celebration weekend from April 3 to 6. The events included Torah writing sessions ...

The pictures reflect YaKNeHaZ, a mnemonic for Saturday night seders — and recap Jewish history, writes a New York rabbi and ...

The relationship between the Jewish communities of Egypt and Israel created an underlying tension, not unlike the modern-day relationship between world Jewry and the Jews of the State of Israel.

In Jewish tradition, a person taking an oath often ... But why is holding a sacred object essential to the procedure of oath-taking? What is it about “holiness” that lends weight and ...

You may have noticed, you never hit a paywall when you come to our site. That's by design. We keep our journalism and commentary free for all to read because we believe, especially today, that ...

“Far more ancient written Hebrew texts had been discovered ... from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book,” will be on view at the Jewish Theological Seminary ...

Publishers are offering fresh interpretations of sacred texts as well as stories from the lives of Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim women writers, who are raising just such questions in new ...