For many Jews, the sacred texts are very special, so a great deal of respect is shown towards them. The Torah refers to the first five books of Moses. Judaism teaches that God dictated the Torah ...

Artifacts from 1,000 years of Ashkenazi Jewish life including literary transcripts, Herzl's diary, everyday notes and ...

Israelite religion has sacred interpreters, but it's only Judaism that has sacred interpreters, sages, studying a sacred text. And the sacred text is meant to be the property of the entire community.

The Tenakh consists of 24 books. These are split into three sections, namely the Torah, the Nevi’im and the Ketuvim.

We asked a number of writers, thinkers, rabbis and everyday folk to consider a Jewish text that they held dear ... Prayer “gives sacred space to the tears that otherwise would have nowhere ...

Study classic Jewish texts, both sacred (the Hebrew Bible and Talmud) and secular, and examine Jewish history from biblical times to the present. The Jewish Culture minor considers Jews and Judaism as ...

During the Holocaust, the Nazis methodically confiscated and obliterated Jewish sacred texts within ghettos and concentration camps. In the introduction to this edition, Rabbi Snieg and Rabbi Roz ...

Dating to the year 700 CE, the Afghan Liturgical Quire is on view at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library's exhibit, ...

Originating in medieval Europe but rooted in earlier Jewish thought ... and modern influence of Kabbalah, from its sacred texts to its surprising pop culture connections. Ukraine Defies Trump ...