Part of this month’s Important Judaica sale, the medieval work is expected to fetch between $1.5 and $2.5 million.

She has become a storyteller in a very Jewish sense, turning emotion into meaning and pain into poetry.And like the best of ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day festival marking the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. Here's what to know about the ...

Ancient Jews held large communal meals, inviting friends, relatives and perhaps even strangers to fulfill the thank offering.

[This story, translated from the Yiddish by Miriam Udel, is the fourth in a series of Yiddish holiday tales for children that will run throughout the Jewish year 5785. Udel prefaces each story with an ...

The spiritual link between Jewish Exodus story and American founding shaped the nation's moral foundation, with gratitude ...

Jews all over the world will gather this week observing the start of the new year. For some members of North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, the services will be a showcase on how well they can read from ...

(JTA) — Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square,” wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting the candles to mark the beginning of Simchat Torah holiday on Monday ...

A popular design is a riff on a pronunciation guide for Harris’ first name — with Hebrew letters at its center. Until recently, business was slow for Michael Zorek, a retired actor who hawks ...

Florida Man, a.k.a Ardy Friedberg, is a retired author, newspaper reporter and editor living in Southeast Florida. During his newspaper career he covered local and national stories for the South ...

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. 7 Hamas ...

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