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 ...

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 ...

(RNS) — The New Testatment scholar has had a lifelong fascination with all things Catholic and has devoted her life's work to understanding Jesus as a first-century Jew.

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 ...

The veteran New Testament scholar has written and edited widely-read works including The Misunderstood Jew, The Bible With and Without Jesus and The Jewish Annotated New Testament.

(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 ...

(RNS) — The letter declared that its signers will not voluntarily collaborate with federal immigration enforcement or the Anti-Defamation League, which supported the arrest of Columbia University ...

Jewish scholar, historian, and leader Rabbi Berel Wein died at age 91, according to Hanassi Yisrael Hatzair Rechavia synagogue, and a burial service was held on Sunday. Wein's impact on the Jewish ...