Years of war have left Palestinians and Lebanese Shias frustrated with Hamas and Hezbollah, with two new polls suggesting an ...

The Jewish calendar is full of anniversaries, but so is the regular calendar. Every week marks the anniversary of events that ...

On July 13, 1942, 500 ordinary German policemen arrived in Józefów, Poland, with orders to murder its Jewish residents. Their commander offered them a way out. What happened in that forest, and how ...

Why does Judaism use so many names for one God? Each name opens a different window into the divine: God as creator, judge, source of mercy, ultimate power, and constant presence. From the name Jews ...

Three years after October 7, Noam Weissman visits the Tkuma car graveyard, Kibbutz Be’eri, and Netiv Ha’Asara to ask how Israelis remember tragedy while rebuilding their homes and lives. Through ...

Actor and singer Daniella Rabbani traces how Shabbat, Hollywood and Yiddish theater shaped her new album and documentary, “Klezmerette.” Each week we bring you a wrap-up of all the best stories from ...

"There are videos of bodies two minutes from me…it's a catastrophe" - Ron Kalman's interview with Kan 11 on October 7, 2023. As someone who observes ...

Each year on Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — we light candles, share stories, and pause to honor the six million Jews who were murdered and the millions of others who suffered under Nazi ...

Jewish Ukrainians pray at the Odessa synagogue during the traditional candle lighting marking the start of the Jewish holiday of Hanukah in Odessa, Ukraine. Hanukah, the Hebrew word meaning dedication ...

Passover is one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar. Every year, Jews around the world gather to read the Haggadah, which recounts the story of the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in ...

The Italian-Jewish conductor Arturo Toscanini thanks Bronislaw Huberman, the founder of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, at the opening concert in Tel Aviv in 1936. Huberman, who foresaw the ...

Why does Israel heavily restrict DNA testing, even while leading the world in genetic research and housing one of the biggest ancestry companies? Viral posts claim the rules are hiding a secret about ...