Shavuot became a festival of Torah, learning, and renewal, where children’s participation helped transform sacred memory into...
Judaism
Judaism developed through a continuing relationship between sacred texts and communal practice. Explore how Jewish belief and identity endured amid migration, persecution, and historical change.
In ancient Judaism, malakhim were not winged figures of later tradition but divine messengers, revealing how early...
In the second century BCE, Seleucid attempts to suppress Jewish religious practices transformed cultural identity into political...
The expulsion of 1290 stands as a warning about the fragility of pluralism when tolerance is not...
To worship the biblical God as “author of life” is to venerate a being who repeatedly chose...
No evidence has been found for a large-scale migration of Israelites from Egypt. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
‘Beriyth’ meant a promise or a pledge. By Dr. Rebecca DenovaEmeritus Professor of Early ChristianityUniversity of Pittsburgh...
Jewish people have often lived in predominantly Islamic nations. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Religious...
Their fate in each particular country depended on the changing political conditions. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
Fans have always created new stories based on familiar characters, weaving their own experiences into the tale....
Ancient peoples were defined by their ethnic groups. Introduction Anti-Semitism is a modern term that describes prejudice...
Tu BiShvat has religious roots, but early Zionists embraced the day in new, more secular ways. Introduction...
Early Christians claimed that Jesus Christ and his followers were persecuted by Jews. Introduction Anti-Semitism is a...
If you have ever visited Israel, you might have noticed something strange at the entrances of some...
It recounts the story of the Book of Esther to emphasize its Jewish owners’ identities as both...
Israel is a land that beckons travelers of all faiths but Jewish and Christian visitors feel a...
The Ben Ezra Synagogue was founded in 1006, and has been revered from that time to the...
This object speaks to the relationship of artistic production and global trade in the modern world. Introduction...
The history of the ancient Hebrews is a difficult subject. Introduction Of the Bronze and Iron-Age cultures,...
The Jewish people are known as the ‘people of the Book’. Introduction This remarkable silver crown, lavishly...
The view, once ubiquitous, that Orthodox tradition is incompatible with LGBTQ+ identities is gradually shifting. Introduction Yeshiva...
It is estimated by the ancient historians Tacitus and Josephus that about 600,000 to 1,100,000 people died...
Ceremonial objects have long been an essential element of Jewish visual culture. Introduction From cradle to grave,...
Turning to wordless witnesses to learn more: pictures. Introduction The summer of 2022 marked the 80th anniversary of...
A collaboration between an advertiser and the famous coffee company produced the classic U.S. haggadah. Introduction For more...
Gwoździec was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth but is located in southern Ukraine today. Introduction In the...
The ancient legal and historical sources speak about passing children to Moloch in fire. Introduction Evidence concerning...
There was a continuing rationale for the indefensible Christian conduct of the Middle Ages. Introduction Many of...
A fetus is not considered a person under Jewish law and does not have the same rights...
The era used for the calendar since the Middle Ages is Anno Mundi (from the creation of...