Most scholars see this as the beginning of Judaism as an organised religion to this time. Before this point, the Jewish people are often referred to as Hebrews.

At its core, Brandeis is animated by a set of values that are rooted in Jewish history and experience. The first of these is a reverence for learning. Brandeis reflects the values of the Jewish ...

Find out about The Torah as 11-year-old Charlie meets an expert scribe. Charlie introduces the work of Marc Michaels, a scribe, who writes Torah scrolls by hand, showing how these holy words are ...

Belea, Miruna Stefana 2017. Women, Tradition and Icons: The Gendered Use of the Torah Scrolls and the Bible in Orthodox Jewish and Christian Rituals. Feminist Theology, Vol. 25, Issue. 3, p. 327.

Simchat Torah is a day associated with memories and the day we have been dreading since last year, when rumors started to emerge from the butchery that was happening in the south, on one of the ...

More than 1,000 sign letter protesting boycott of Jewish authors (JNS) More than 1,000 high-profile individuals from the literary and entertainment worlds have signed a letter condemning calls ...

On the night after my first Simchat Torah in Israel, rain began to fall. My roommate and I, students, heard that there was an Israeli custom of dancing in the street after the Simchat Torah ...

West Bank Rabbi Yosef Elitzur's treatise on halachah, or Jewish law, discusses situations in which it is permissible for Jews to kill non-Jews. JERUSALEM (JTA) — A West Bank rabbi who co ...

Beulah means "married" in Hebrew, and is sometimes used to describe both the land of Israel and heaven. Chana is the original ...

This is not about the alleged Jewish identity of Christopher Columbus. This is about the real identity of American Jews. Let us go back to the original impetus and inspiration for the “Jewish ...

No one needs reminding that the festive Simchat Torah holiday, which obligates us to be joyous, also marks the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre. On Simchat Torah 5784, one year ago ...