The Passover Seder and its Haggadah preserve an ancient Jewish conversation about freedom, peoplehood, and attachment to the Land of Israel. Emerging from rabbinic circles in Roman‑era Judea, the ...

For some Sephardic Jews today, holidays provide a rare opportunity to hear the now-endangered Judeo-Spanish language.

In the summer of 70 AD, Roman legions under Titus closed in on Jerusalem, triggering one of the most devastating sieges in ancient history. What followed would not only destroy the Second Temple and ...

The Toledo Museum of Art is showcasing a treasure trove of masks, amulets, spellbooks and gems dating to between 2000 B.C.E. and 300 C.E.

Long before horoscope apps, the foundations of today’s multibillion-dollar astrology industry were laid in Babylonia, Egypt ...

Indigenous Khasi faith does not have any reference to a place of punishment. Dujok and Norok, the words used for hell, are of non-Khasi origin, derived from Dojakh in Persian (Islamic) and Narak in ...

Every year, a raft of new haggadahs promise to enliven your Passover seder. And every year, I select some for a roundup of ...

The famous Kabbalist, philosopher, Talmudist Rabbi Yehuda Loew ben Betzalel, known as the Maharal of Prague (1524-1609) in his works dealing with the Exodus of the Children of Israel from ancient ...

Biblical archaeologists have long looked for evidence of the site where the Virgin Mary is said to have learned she was with child. Here's what they've learned.

UNESCO battles, abandoned sites, and a renewed national plan force Israel to confront its responsibility to Jewish heritage ...

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu on archaeology, sovereignty, and the battle over history in Judea and Samaria ...

Of course, Carlson’s insinuation relies less on technical genetics than on a visual cue: many Ashkenazi Jews have lighter skin than many people in today’s Middle East. They can often pass as white.