The 13 attributes of mercy.

Self-interested charity.

Fruit or vegetable?

Belated gifts.

What's in a name?

Rabban Gamliel’s moon chart.

Deep sea diving.

The rabbis of the Talmud speculated about the nature of the Roman New Year's celebration.

Tu Bishvat, which begins tonight, is the fourth new year of the Jewish calendar. Beginning as  a tax holiday for ...

Visual symbols of the Jewish New Year include the shofar and apples and honey.