What the words of ancient rabbis could and couldn’t teach me.

When did Judaism as we know it today—devoted to one God and the teachings of the Torah—really take root? How did the religious practices of the earliest Israelites differ from Judaism?

(JTA) — My Jewish Learning is launching a Talmud study series to coincide with the renewal of the Daf Yomi cycle on Jan. 5. Sometimes referred to as the world’s largest book club, Daf Yomi is ...

Moses is the most important Jewish prophet. The Jewish holy book is known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible ... Orthodox means they follow a stricter form of Judaism than other progressive or liberal ...

Since the Oct. 7 attack, more than four in 10 American Jews have either sought out or engaged more with Jewish life, ...

So, it varies from city to city, on what the Jewish experience would be. On the whole, however, Judaism in the Diaspora was able to accommodate a great deal of Hellenistic culture. The normal ...

Judaism's holiest prayer site in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 10, 2024. (Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) At the ceremony, the final letters of the Torah will be inscribed by former hostages ...

It is no surprise, therefore, that Judaism attaches a lot of ... If you guessed that Jewish names come from characters in Tanach and Chazal, you’re right. But that’s only part of the story.

The program in Jewish studies at Smith College explores the history ... theoretical and literary works in order to address examples drawn from Biblical and rabbinic Judaism, medieval Islamic and ...

The first volume of Steinsaltz’s Koren Talmud Bavli is being launched in conjunction with Shavuot, which commemorates the day the Torah was given to the Jewish people. The complete set will ...

Before Oct. 7, 2023, Israel had to deal with neighbors who hate the Jewish homeland, but the country seemed able to keep them at bay. Antisemitism periodically flared up around the world ...