Jewish History

It's not an oxymoron: Secular Jewish Israelis value a variety of Jewish religious practices.

Israeli Bedouin have an ambiguous relationship with the state.

The architect of American Reform Judaism

Believe it or not, Israelis need Jewish education.

Israel's legal system provides for freedom for all religious groups.

From his day until the present, Rashi has been the most beloved of all medieval teachers.

The Karaites, biblical fundamentalists, challenged the authority of rabbinic Judaism.

The history of Kabbalah in Medieval Spain.

Agriculture plays a huge role in Israel's society.

An unequal partnership?

A Sephardic Jew records his impression of the city and its Jewish inhabitants in the twelfth century.

The profitable money business between Jews and Christians often became tense.