Learn about the Jewish holiday's history, its ties to Moses and the exodus from Egypt, and the traditional Seder meal.

A comparative exploration of fasting in Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Qur'an profoundly claims that fasting was prescribed for all communities as a means of moral purification ...

Gargiulo did find encouragement in that Apple Dictionary appears to recognize "YHWH" as a proper spelling. Thi Tetragrammaton or "YHWH" is an additional but common name for God in the Hebrew bible.

The question Moses would have asked, the one Rabbi Sacks would have asked, is whether anyone has thought about the giving.

In a preface to the 1932 Hebrew edition of the painter Leonid Pasternak’s study of Rembrandt, Russian-Jewish poet Hayim Nahman Bialik observed that although the Dutch artist was not Jewish, we “must ...

Wildes’ “The Jewish Experience: Discovering the Soul of Jewish Thought and Practice” aims to make the case for why be a committed Jew – why someone should buy in to being a thoughtful and dedicated ...

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What message does this quake carry when it rumbles from Cyrus’s birthplace on the brink of Purim, as Israel contends with Iranian-backed terrorists seeking its destruction? The Bible delivers the ...

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel will undergo a three-month restoration beginning Feb. 1. The ...

Ancient 5,500-year-old workshop 'confirms key part of the Bible' ...