In how we build our house, at G-d’s command, we set aside our doorpost on which we affix a mezuzah. In summary, every Jewish eccentricity, every Jewish deviation from mundane human behaviour ...

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 ...

More than 1,000 sign letter protesting boycott of Jewish authors (JNS) More than 1,000 high-profile individuals from the literary and entertainment worlds have signed a letter condemning calls ...

The local Jewish community honored U.S. Sen. John Fetterman for his support of Israel and opposition to antisemitism during a ...

affixed to the doorpost on Catherine and Brad Cohen’s home as she asked for their vote in November. “Having a Jewish voice in the state Legislature is so important at this moment,” said ...

The English Forward was launched as a weekly in 1990. Its perspective on world and national news, and its unparalleled coverage of Jewish arts culture and opinion have made it the most influential ...

In time for the Jewish New Year 5785, the Jewish Agency announced on Wednesday that the entire world’s population of Jewry increased by 100,000 over the last year. The Jewish population ...

A recent book on Jewish identity before and after Zionism shows the limitations of a progressive critique that doesn’t truly account for the experience of Palestinians. German Jewish refugees ...

I didn’t know the term until I married one. Even though my family is 100 percent Jewish and my brother took a DNA test to prove it, up to that point, I had heard only the female equivalent of ...

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 ...