From this perspective, the Menorah functions as a reminder of the Temple. As they left behind the ruins of the Temple, Jews ...

A rabbi who works on interfaith dialogue on why blending traditions may be well-meaning but only dilutes both holidays.

To mark the start of the Festival of Lights, the world’s largest menorah will be lit at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan on ...

Video Rabbi Heschel Greenberg has launched a new series of classes ... The Rebbe also gave a third option to study Maimonides’ companion work, Sefer Hamitzvos that parallel the Mishneh Torah. In ...

The Scroll of Antiochus was written to describe what caused the creation of the holiday of Hannukah and to praise its history ...

One of Drazin’s central arguments is that the Bible often raises more questions than it answers. Many biblical terms and ...

People of all religions frequently describe some things as holy and devise sacred ceremonies that involve them without realizing they are false. They do so because others thought they were holy or ...

After 15 months, most people in Israel favor ending the war in Gaza and reaching a deal now which would bring home the ...

Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef said that as part of a deal to free the hostages from Hamas captivity, Israel should release terrorists who murdered Jews. "My father (the late Chief ...

Schools are putting together tentative plans for reusing the vacant College of Saint Rose campus, six months after it closed.

Rabbi Yaakov Sinai, the grandson of Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, just released a moving video, about a man he knows personally who was diagnosed with a rare liver disease. This man, Dan, was a ...