The Passover seder offers a lesson to America about the importance of sharing and teaching our national story to the next ...

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

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

As recounted in the biography of Chaplain Bohen written by his son Michael, 750 American soldiers attended the meal ...

It’s March, and Batya Ungar-Sargon is appearing on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher for the third time. She has flown from her ...

Critics, including First Amendment advocates, worry that the curriculum blurs a line between teaching about religious literature and promoting a religion — with an incentive that could persuade ...

On the other hand, the Torah commands us to be happy on the holidays: ושמחת בחגך אתה ובנך ובתך ועבדך ואמתך והלוי והגר והיתום והאלמנה אשר בשעריך You shall rejoice in your festival, with your son and ...

Passover celebrates the Israelites’ escape from bondage to freedom. Every year, our people relive this experience as if we ...

Passover honors freedom, civilization’s pinnacle. Yet, global and national conflicts, coupled with personal anxieties, cast a ...

Passover celebrations this year will again occur amid anxieties and divisions among many Jews related to the unresolved ...

One of the most fascinating chapters of Simkovich’s book is an exploration of the origins of word diaspora itself.

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