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 ...

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.

The first Passover Seder, the traditional meal on Passover, will take place on the evening of April 1, the second Seder ...

A new study reveals that medieval chess was a powerful vehicle for promoting racial harmony. While contemporary medieval art often depicted non-white individuals in extreme roles, representations of ...

The Hebrew Bible and the Qur’an celebrate the courage of a woman and her daughter from an ethnically marginalized class: ...

For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But ...

Contemporary Jewish artist Alex Levin creates powerful paintings inspired by Jerusalem, Jewish history, and biblical ...

As an academic, a researcher, an academic advisor to a major Christian Zionist Evangelical organization, and an American ...