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 ...

Scholars of Jewish history say those who know antisemitism's past impact in southeast Michigan can recognize when it happens ...

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 ...

When Amy-Jill Levine was a child in Massachusetts, a schoolmate in her predominantly Catholic hometown told her she was guilty of killing Christ because she was Jewish. Her mother reassured her that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a recent evening in Pico-Robertson, leading scholars, educators, and community leaders honored Dr. Michael Berenbaum with a new Festschrift—a collection of essays recognizing his extraordinary ...

The email landed like a batch of soggy latkes last week: Chanukah candle-lighting would not be permitted at the annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. “We recognize the sacrifice ...

Traditionally, Jewish adults have a responsibility to teach their children. If parents have shortcomings and cannot educate them, it becomes a societal responsibility. The ancient Jewish scholars drew ...