The meaning of archeological finds in Israel is up for interpretation.

Levana Kirschenbaum is the author of the forthcoming book The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glorious Meals Pure and Simple (June ...

Gender and sexuality are motifs for women Holocaust writers.

Films by and about Middle Eastern and North African Jews in Israel

A few weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine gleefully forwarded a link to a study that asserted that atheists and ...

How does a society recover from a complete breakdown of trust?

Death on the scrap heap.

The Midrash explains what it means that Abraham was blessed with everything and what a blessed life could mean for us.

Some different--and surprising--stories about how the Maccabean revolt began.

Spiritual preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can make the holidays that much more meaningful.