A familiar word relating to Jewish history and practice, genizah refers to sacred texts held in the cellars and attics of ...

Dust filled the air as Rabbi Yosef Hamra opened a long-sealed closet containing holy scrolls untouched since he last held ...

On a snowy prairie in Minnesota stands a monastery like no other. A concrete trapezoid banner encasing a bell tower looms ...

Rabbi Daniel Bouskila is the international director of the Sephardic Educational Center.

No matter what our individual views may be, whether or not we are religious, Jews are indigenous to the Holy Land.

King Saul lost the monarchy because he was “rosh katan”, David succeeded him as King by virtue of his rare quality of “rosh ...

Do not come any closer.” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Exodus 35:5 ...

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto concludes: “Through complete devotion to the Holy Torah and the attribute of holiness, a person can achieve lofty insights and fulfill the divine potential hidden within his soul ...

The Pope reached out, affectionately ran his fingers through my hair, then shook my hand, his handshake firm, hands warm. “Smile,” said the shutterbug who captured my father grinning, the Pope beaming ...

The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem voiced emphatic opposition to US President Donald Trump’s proposals for ...

Amidst a rise in antisemitism globally, some in the Jewish community have raised concerns about echoes of historic ...

To Michael Hirsch, the desecration of hundreds of graves was a shanda, a shame, a ghoulish crime. He wanted to do something ...