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Fanny framed the need to share Jewish stories in terms of education. She wanted others to learn about Jews. The implied reasoning behind this is that antisemitism emerges from a lack of knowledge, and ...

Former President Jimmy Carter was widely known as a man of faith, a born-again Christian who defined himself as a progressive ...

Stories about Israel at war, the United States presidential election, and rising antisemitism post-Oct. 7 captured readers' ...

Initially dismissed as a shopping list, the ancient papyrus reveals early stories of Jesus's childhood miracles.

In a special Hanukkah message, Jonathan Cahn discussed what this holiday celebration means as we get closer to the return of Christ.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care.

The funeral procession concluded on the Mount of Olives, just outside Jerusalem’s Old City, where Kogan was laid to rest. But ...

Even with all our religious paraphernalia, great choirs, singers, preachers and musicians, we are in desperate need of God.

The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in ...