Each cardinal wears a tiny, stemmed red hat, and they’re not the only ones — bishops wear pink (technically the color is “amaranth”) hats, the pope wears one in white and lower priests wear a black ...

The silver Kiddush cup, an object used to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays, evidences medieval Jewish communities in Central Asia.

After describing the devastation which he had witnessed in Jassy, Deputy Landau went on to protest against such medieval persecution of the Jewish religion, which, he said, is not only an affront ...

From ancient Jerusalem to medieval Spain, from Eastern Europe to the Balkan, North Africa, the Middle East, contemporary global Jewish diaspora and the state of Israel -- Jewish life has been ...

Purim is among the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar. The one-day festival commemorates the Jews' salvation from a plot to wipe them out in ancient Persia nearly 2,500 years ago.

Some claim the pointy hat could derive from a conical hat called a Judenhut that Jewish people were forced to wear to identify themselves in the 13th century in medieval Europe.

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All 17 streets of the medieval area became known as the Jewish Quarter. But without questioning its history of antisemitism, old stereotypes are inevitably upheld.

The Federation was not accepted by the leading Jewish organizations, and the public had to be educated to think in terms of the broader Jewish community rather than a particular society.

A U.N. committee has named a group of medieval Jewish sites in the eastern German city of Erfurt as a World Heritage Site.