Classic dishes, plant-based twists.

While the Torah does not forbid premarital sex, the rabbis of the talmudic era prohibited it--but one modern authority proposed a sanctioned form of exclusive sexual relationship outside of marriage.

The sound of the ram's horn asks: "What are you doing here?"

The People of the Book on the Emerald Isle.

American-Jewish history and culture.

The Jews of Brownsville, Brooklyn, fought back when a principal at a public school taught about sectarian views.

The answer has everything to do with agriculture, food politics and -- of course -- tastebuds.

Messianic figure Simeon Bar Kochba led the Jews in a failed revolt against Roman rule.

In medieval Europe, Jews suffered on account of popular beliefs about Jewish sorcery--and yet their non-Jewish neighbors also tried to benefit from Jewish magic.

In many ways, the history of Israeli music reflects the broad struggles of this young country.