Rabbinic interpreters regarded leprosy as punishment for the sin of careless speech.

The commandment to proclaim the festivals includes concepts of communal responsibility and imitating God.

The Jews of Turkey and Greece ate foods inspired by Ottoman cuisine.

How they met and the economic support she offered him.

The Torah does not address lesbianism, but later rabbinic commentators frowned upon it.

Although the custom of placing them on a grave probably draws upon pagan customs, the stones also symbolize the permanence of memory.

The rescue of the hostages of Air France Flight 139.

Written in 933, The Book of Beliefs and Opinions provided rational analysis of God and Judaism, setting a precedent for medieval philosophers.

Ladino variations on a classic Passover song.

As we chatted, he gestured with his hand, and in a flash I saw a swastika.