The boycotters condemn all Israeli writers as apologists for the country's policies, unfortunately and ironically missing the inherent diversity in their work ...

One verse, five voices. Edited by Nina Litvak and Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist Everyone on earth had the same language and the same words.

In September, Dr Logan Williams (University of Aberdeen) published a truly fascinating open-access academic article 'The ...

The Sunday lectionary gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday before Advent in Year B is the dialogue that includes Jesus' ...

In the tiny screen of her phone, she showed me the part of the exhibit that moved her most – the “Lost and Found”, where ...

After a year of war, Israel still finds itself fighting on two fronts, disrupting life in the south and north of the country.

How does the lulav and etrog symbolize unity? We bundle them together and thank G-d for this mitzvah that shows us we are all ...

The English Chumash that presents a multitude of interpretations from all generations that sold 10,000 copies in a less than ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Jews around the world are attempting a difficult spiritual straddle this week: how to celebrate the joyous holiday of Simchat Torah on the first anniversary of the Oct.

In Rome, they would intersperse sad poems between each verse at the end of the Torah. Some Jews — even up to the 20th century — would recite elegies to Moses after the synagogue service in their home, ...