The ancient Israelites played an important role in the development of the three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, ...

Every day, thousands of new parents leave the hospital with a little one in their arms for the very first time.

Hebrew is not merely another language. It’s the heartbeat of our culture, our connection to Israel, and our link to a shared ...

Yehuda Bauer, who fled Nazi Europe shortly before the outbreak of World War II and became one of the foremost historians of ...

Were it not for the Jews and their Bible, there would be no Christianity – and therefore no Western civilization. The abolition of slavery was led by Bible-believing Christians. The Bible, not Arist ...

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday ...

Simchat Torah arrives this week. Here's why North Jersey Jews consider it one of their happiest holidays — but also, this year, a difficult one.

The gospel lectionary reading for the so-called Last Sunday after Trinity (or Trinity 22) in Year B is the story of the ...

Matt Cohen was ready to be done. As his bar mitzvah approached, even his rabbi could tell he was finished with Hebrew school ...

It turns out that a holiday we consider as only suffused with joy for centuries had an undercurrent of mourning running ...

History teaches us that every generation faces its adversities ... realities our community faces while underscoring our ...

Hundreds of Palestinian scholars & writers have been killed by Israel. Samar Saeed explains why they are a target & the role ...