Hanukkah runs from sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, through sundown on Thursday, Jan. 2, in 2025. The first night of ...

Yonatan Adler posits a convincing thesis, tightly and compellingly argued, that widespread observance of Pentateuchal legislation by Judeans—or what we now call Judaism—emerged no earlier than the ...

Emanuel deftly combines trauma, humor and postcolonial theories to uncover a Hellenistic Jewish book that deploys comic sarcasm and mockery of Rome as a Jewish survival tactic for a traumatized ...

Hanukkah starts in December this year, but ends in January. Here's what to know about the Jewish holiday including the dates, ...

For decades, I maintained a status quo of living like a Jew without being one. When I finally pursued conversion, I ...

The Seleucid Empire desired to impress Hellenistic culture and practices upon the Jewish people, banning Jewish rituals and desecrating the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The resulting clash was not ...

The star waded into some of history’s most charged debates about the Jewish community with her comments on the Holocaust and race. (JTA) — She may not have meant to, but this week Whoopi ...

The sudden political developments in Syria have the Greek community and Orthodox Christians on alert, asking for the support ...

Israel’s response to the October 7 attacks has been characterized as a fight for national survival and the protection of its ...

In the 2nd century BC, Jewish warriors, known as the Maccabees, revolted against the Seleucids; the aftermath of that ...

The Israel Defense Forces has established its first ultra-Orthodox underground aircraft maintenance facility, for the “Scorpion” Squadron located at the Ramat David Airbase in the Jezreel Valley.