The synagogue, then, was the point of communal organization of the Jews in the Diaspora ... why gentiles found these places attractive; modern scholars too readily assume it's because these ...

How can these discoveries be reconciled with the widespread view that the post-Temple remnant of Jews in the Holy Land was ...

The modern Arab village Yakuk stood there ... “I think that in that same period, Jews started to use the synagogue to reinforce the Jewish message, stating that the Temple still needed to ...

Modern Orthodox Jews, unlike many Hasidic and haredi Orthodox ... as an “observant Jew”; she belongs to the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, known as CSAIR, and attends ...

The Shema, declaring the Jewish faith in one God, is an important part of worship in the synagogue. The Amidah prayer consists of a series of blessings: The first three blessings praise God and ...

Liberles challenges long-held assumptions about early modern Jewish history and shows how the Jews harnessed an innovation that enriched their personal, religious, social and economic lives. Focusing ...

These Jews beg to differ. (RNS) — Over the past year, a group of mostly modern Orthodox Jews has met in living rooms on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to discuss Israel’s devastating war in ...

In Belonging and Betrayal, Charles Dellheim turns this story on its head by revealing how certain Jewish outsiders came to acquire so many old and modern masterpieces in the first place – and what ...

According to JJAC’s findings, the total value of assets seized from Egyptian Jews amounts to $59 billion in today’s currency. “Unlike its ancient counterpart, the modern-day uprooting of ...

"Brazen attacks on our places of worship have left deep scars in Montreal’s Jewish community," stated Henry Topas, B’nai Brith Canada’s regional director for Quebec and Atlantic Canada.The post Montre ...