The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.

Despite its tumultuous beginnings, Ramat Shlomo today represents the ever-changing landscape of Jerusalem – a city where ...

My grandfather served four years in the trenches of Belgium and France fighting the “Tommies”, as he would have called them.

IRIS and other refugee resettlement groups in CT are struggling amid the loss of funds and suspension of refugees entering ...

Jews find meaning in our religion in many ways. Personally, my inspiration doesn’t come from fearing antisemitism or visiting ...

Brandeis University has just issued Books Like Sapphires, written by Ann Brener, who highlights a selection of the books in ...

In Cairo’s famous Ben Ezra Synagogue, one of the city’s most prominent Jewish landmarks, a treasure trove of history lay ...

On the first day of the week ... Even though the disciples may have attended the synagogues on the Sabbath to evangelize (Acts 18:4), there is already a definite transition from the Sabbath ...

At the Kerala Literature Festival 2025, Turkish author Defne Suman reflected on exploring Istanbul’s unwalked places, her ...

(JTA) — More than 80 years after one of Germany’s most prominent synagogues was destroyed on ... with a dedication to Markus Hirsch, the first rabbi of the Bornplatz Synagogue — which ...

When she first heard the news that the synagogue was ... JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent ...

Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered a well-preserved part of the ancient city of London’s first Roman ...