Ancient Hebrew texts and Egyptian tomb paintings reveal the origins of our favorite summertime fruit. The watermelon has long inspired artists, such as Giuseppe Recco's Still Life With Fruit (1634 ...

Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since its rehabilitation in 2022, says project organizer ...

In Chinese calligraphy, the white space (空白 kōng bái) is as important as the ink. It reflects the Daoist concept of emptiness — that true meaning arises in the balance between form and void, action ...

Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

In a world where relationships are often shaped by fleeting emotions, self-interest, and ever-shifting cultural values, the biblical vision of marriage remains deeply relevant. It is not only timeless ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the ...

These three key religious texts all offer justifications for defensive wars. But they also stress the importance of peace.

Wars are often waged in the name of religion. So what do key texts from Christianity, Islam and Judaism say about the justification for war?Authors ...

A Yiddish translation of “Arabian Nights” sounds like the set-up to a Borscht Belt joke. Yet, as a recent finalist for a ...