The Seder plate is a central element of the Passover celebration, symbolizing the journey of the Jewish people from slavery ...
Still, we were surprised by the quantity and depth of the responses we received to a survey asking readers to share their own Jewish political evolution stories. Nearly 150 people submitted ...
The questions asked by science and Judaism about the origins of the universe are different. Science is more concerned with how the process happened. Judaism is concerned with why God chose to ...
A new study on the unique Purim traditions of the Cochin Jewish community by Prof. Shalva Weil, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain, from Hebrew University, published in the ...
When did Judaism as we know it today—devoted to one God and the teachings of the Torah—really take root? How did the religious practices of the earliest Israelites differ from Judaism?
The 300-year-old Madrid-based Academy, or RAE, oversees the evolution of Spanish through its Dictionary of the Spanish Language. In the entry for the word “Jew,” the fifth definition listed ...
From its beginnings as a kosher certification agency to its ongoing enrichment of Jewish life, advancement of ...