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Since Christians and Muslims acknowledge that the Jews are their elders and their religion’s foundational source, why aren’t Jews and Israel treated with more respect?
It is a song that has nothing to do with farmers. It has to do with the militant Afrikaner nationalists -- amaBunu or amaBulu (in Zulu or Xhosa) -- who wallowed in the mythology of the "trek boers", ...
After most of its books were boxed and tributes paid, a task remained for Temple B’nai Israel: gifting its final Torah. The ...
An enterprising Latter-day Saint couple have discovered a way to help fellow members discard their worn-out temple garments.
For Jews in the Diaspora, finding a sense of connection to our historical roots can seem harder than it does in Israel. But ...
Though the museum bears Barzani’s name, it also honours a wider pantheon of figures who contributed to the Kurdish cause ...
The return of 2,300-year-old silk books from the US to China is not only ethically correct but can also restore faith at a low point in relations between the two nations If books are a window to the ...
Evanston Ceasefire group launches letter writing campaign to support Jewish teacher Andrew Ginsberg facing disciplinary ...
The Many Lives of Anne Frank” is trenchant, elegant and relevant — beautifully written, almost like a novel. Franklin achieves the seemingly impossible: Allowing the reader to see the flesh-and-blood ...
Sunday afternoon’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, took place hours before the start of a major Jewish festival, Shavuot.
Verdict: In barter, when one party takes what is forthcoming to him, the other party thereby acquires the corresponding item. However, taking only part of what is forthcoming does no consummate the ...
The Shema is central to Judaism. Although a divine command and not a prayer, it is the main reading in the morning and evening services, Shacharit and Maariv.  It is one of many biblical sections that ...