CHICAGO (JTA) — This year’s Association of Jewish Studies conference was supposed to be a triumphal post-pandemic gathering for Jewish studies scholars and enthusiasts. But instead of a carefree Super ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discrimination against Jewish people has continued to rise in recent months, sometimes in communities where it would seem almost ...

Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish scholar of Christian Scriptures, has faced antisemitic backlash after being elected the first ...

YIVO sought a home in New York for a museum dedicated to the vanished “homes” of Eastern Europe. Less than three months after Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, producers of the doomed Nova Musical ...

Dozens of Jewish studies scholars from across the world have kicked off the fall semester by sending an unusual letter to leaders of the University of Oregon, one with a stinging accusation. “Why ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'JEWISH HISTORY is the key to faith and belief,' opines Wein. (photo credit: EUGENE WEISBERG) Rabbi Berel Wein's impact on the ...

The April 1-2 conference in Rome brought together Catholic and Jewish scholars from around the world to the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas to deepen the theological foundations of ...

(RNS) — A raft of new research fellowships and writing workshops represent a coming of age for the idea that learned women can claim authority in interpreting Jewish law. (RNS) — According to the ...

Peter Schäfer, former director of Berlin’s Jewish Museum. Photo by Jule Roehr (courtesy the Jewish Museum Berlin) A group of 50 Talmud scholars have signed a letter in support of Peter Schäfer, former ...

A Jewish scholar chosen to lead the Catholic Biblical Association is hit by antisemitic backlash - Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish scholar of Christian Scriptures, has faced antisemitic backlash after being ...