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Why did Jesus tell people to make offerings in the Temple? Why did Paul call himself a Pharisee? The Bible’s answer might surprise you.

The 26th annual international Jewish film festival, presented by the Greater Altoona Jewish Federation, starts Feb. 20 and ...

For generations of Jews, the Shabbat represented an unbreakable freedom. They knew every new Pharaoh was a phony, and that no ...

One year since a violent protest in UC Berkeley shut down an Israeli speaker, no one has been held to account.

Ikar, the unique and progressive synagogue in Los Angeles, will celebrate its 21st birthday this year. But Rabbi Sharon Brous ...

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The Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival returns for its 29th year, with 28 films over two weeks in three cities, as well as ...

The Bronx, like its Jewish community, didn’t disappear, but became something new, first for the worse, then for the better.

As Jordan’s king was praying for the Oval Office floor to swallow him up, Israel’s PM was trying to work out how high the president wanted him to jump. What about the bullies of Hamas?

Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 ...

For his fifth Jewish music album, Congregation Agudas Achim’s Rabbi Josh Warshawsky weaved together songs written in Hebrew ...