Turkey's Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva, who led the country's Jewish community for more than two decades, has died, its leadership said Tuesday. He was 85.

Dr Daniel McClellan, an honorary fellow at the University of Birmingham has finally revealed the back story of Jesus' supposed 'middle name'.

New York State and City have “engaged in what can be described as ‘lawfare’ against yeshivahs,” a leader in the Bobov Chassidic community told JNS.

This version remains the official text of the Bible for Eastern Rite Byzantine Churches and most Eastern Orthodox would read the Hebrew text (not that often the aramaic version of Onkelos ...

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Kroll remembers thinking, I’m a little Jewish girl who’s been born into the wrong family. For most of her life, she didn’t realize that it was even possible to convert to Judaism. Then, in recent ...

Dating back to 79/80 BCE, the coins belonged to King Alexander Jannaeus (Jonathan in Hebrew), the second ruler of the ...

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The Yiddish Book Center’s permanent exhibition offers much to kvell about, including a wide-ranging collection of volumes and ...

Each of its nine chapters includes source material from biblical verses, Talmudic discussions, and classical and contemporary responsa, in Hebrew/Aramaic and English, presented chronologically. ‘ ...

Archaeologists digging in the Jordan Valley recently discovered a collection of ancient coins during this year's Hanukkah ...