The life of Abraham Zacuto joins two strands of Sephardic history: persecution and exile, and the transmission of knowledge, texts and technologies across borders.

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a 300-meter (984-foot) section of Jerusalem’s ancient Lower Aqueduct, providing another window into how engineers about 2,000 years ago ensured that the city ...

Kalman Weiser’s new history follows the institute from Vilna to New York, where it had to preserve a vanished world and cultivate a future.

BOSTON — In the middle of a conversation about her future children, it dawned on Leah Robbins that the school she imagined for them did not exist. Robbins envisioned a Jewish school where children ...

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators turned out across Europe on Saturday, as activists marked three years of war in Gaza with rallies and marches in cities from London to Rome and ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing increasing pressure from some on the leftmost flank of his voting coalition, and an ICE shooting Thursday led democratic socialist allies to add their ...

Nosrat, a first-generation Iranian American raised by a Muslim mother and Baha’i father, recently learned her paternal ancestors were Jewish.

At the recent 2026 Atlanta Summit for Black Pastors and Rabbis, I joined 100 rabbis, Black American clergy, Black Jewish leaders, scholars, activists and community leaders in signing a Sacred Covenant ...

Good morning! The NBA season is around the corner, and Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija is already reminding fans why he became the NBA’s first Israeli All-Star last season. Avdija dropped a ...

This essay originally appeared in Kveller. The miracle of Hanukkah came early this year: Hanukkah Barbie is here. Mattel would like us to call her “Holiday Sweater Barbie.” Respectfully, no. This is ...

Jon Ossoff and Republican challenger Rep. Mike Collins clashed over Israel’s conduct in Gaza, U.S. weapons sales to Israel and the war in Iran during Thursday’s debate in Georgia’s closely watched ...