In a pivotal biblical story — retold each Rosh Hashana, marking the Jewish new year — God orders Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.

During his speech to the Israeli Knesset on Monday, Trump emphasized the specifically Jewish tradition around the patriarch.

Israeli violence continues in occupied West Bank where soldiers act with impunity, Palestinians made to work for free.

President Donald Trump repeatedly touted the “Abraham Accords” in his high-profile Middle East trip. That’s the name for a ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — They will be treated for malnutrition, lack of sunlight and the trauma of wearing leg chains for ...

Miriam Udel's "Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature" shows how stories shaped a Jewish identity ...

Relatives of many of the 20 released captives thank Trump, IDF, Israeli nation as they detail the physical and emotional ...

Hamas freed the 20 hostages and Israel released some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of a cease-fire. President Trump, in ...

Sometimes when people's short-term memories begin to falter, they recall the first languages that they learned.

Every Thursday afternoon since the October 7 massacre by Hamas in 2023 a group of Scottish Jews has gathered silently outside Holyrood to ...

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Eckart Frahm at Yale University, one of the leading voices in the study of Mesopotamian history and texts, to take a look at interactions and overlap between ...