Cupids often are represented holding cups and associated with Dionysus, the god of the grape harvest, Goodenough explained in “Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period.” The suggestion is that ...
In an increasingly interconnected world, the ability to communicate across language barriers is more crucial than ever. For ...
A Jewish man from Oakland is claiming he was kicked out of a local coffee shop over the weekend for wearing a Star of David hat. Jonathan Hirsch said he had just purchased a latte at the Jerusalem ...
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff planted a pomegranate tree, a Jewish symbol of peace, outside their Washington, D.C., residence Monday to honor the ...
More importantly, La Paz is a symbol of the Jewish people’s enduring resilience, of the ability to prosper and contribute and survive, even in the most foreign environments. Sent in refuge to ...
Rumors of this have been floating around the Jewish world for a long time — long enough for us to wonder: Is it true? The definitive essay on the subject comes to us from Jonathan Sarna of ...
"If I have any Jewish symbols on – on Friday nights I wear a Kippah. I’m yelled at. Sometimes, people will make rude comments to me in passing." University of Pittsburgh student Racheli told ...
While others choose to burn the Israeli flag and desecrate our Jewish symbols, our Christian friends proudly choose to honor them. While the Jewish community is told to hide their kippahs ...
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish ...
Many have begun avoiding wearing Jewish symbols, hesitating to post Jewish or Israeli content on social media, and even feeling the need to hide their Jewish identity. In meetings I hold in my ...