Despite her deep roots in Ireland, this writer doesn’t want to show support for the country while its government opposes ...

Located in Ostia Antica, the mikvah dates to the late fourth or early fifth century C.E. Researchers say it's the earliest ...

POWAY, California — “Failure to launch” is a term that has been bandied about over the past plus-decade. It refers to the inability of children to successfully leave the nest and establish ...

The members span all ages and represent various sectors, including secular and ultra-Orthodox communities, high-tech professionals, Jewish educators, entrepreneurs, media figures, artists and ...

But there are plenty of other times in Jewish history ... s call for vengeance against their oppressors during the Middle Ages. We may diminish our wine during Passover when we recall the plagues ...

By the Middle Ages, antisemitism in Christian Europe had become institutionalized, resulting in legal discrimination, forced conversions, massacres, and false accusations against Jewish communities.

Antisemites are trying to make Jews go away by any means necessary. Violence, threats, intimidation, name-calling, dehumanization – it’s all designed to make Jews afraid to live their identity ...

Charlotte Knobloch, President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, attends an award ceremony. One of the most prominent representatives of the Jewish community in Germany ...

The Star of David, a Jewish national symbol in the shape of a hexagon, was adopted by the Zionist movement before the occupation of Palestine and is now featured on the Israeli flag. Photographs ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Dust filled the air as Rabbi Yosef Hamra opened a long-sealed closet containing holy scrolls untouched since he last held Jewish services in the centuries-old synagogue three ...

An Israeli soldier recently released from the Gaza Strip told media that her Hamas captors allowed her and other prisoners to observe Jewish traditions and holidays, permitting them to practice ...

Damascus (AFP) – Syria's tiny Jewish community and Syrian Jews abroad are trying to build bridges after Bashar al-Assad's ouster in the hope of reviving their ancient heritage before the ...