A Reader's Guide: Hebrew Literature in Translation

Jewish literature is rife with allegory and metaphor.

Earlier this week, Wayne Hoffman wrote about a funny thing and shared the meaning behind the names of a few of ...

The High Holidays focus on death so that we may renew our lives.

Every person, every group, and every community sometimes needs a mirror to see itself clearly and sense its own conscience.

One of the leading women activists of the Yishuv and the State of Israel.

The impact the organization has had on Israeli tourism and Jews in the diaspora.

A legal code for the Jews of medieval North Africa and Spain.

The bread of poverty has a rich history in Rabbinic literature.

With klezmer's popularity on the rise, artists have taken it in new--and sometimes "controversial"--directions.