As part of this launch, the “Orit” Beta Israel Torah scroll of the Ethiopian Jewish community, previously belonging to Kes ...

The 700-year-old scroll by renowned calligrapher Rao Jie fetched over $32 million after a heated bidding battle at Sotheby’s. A 700-year old hand scroll originally produced by calligrapher Rao ...

Passover, the eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating liberation from Egyptian slavery, began at sundown on April 12 and ends at sundown on April 20. Egg prices have fallen from recent highs, but ...

It was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and the ensuing war lasted for 19 days. On hearing the news, Cohen felt a sudden calling, describing in his diary the appeal of the ...

CANTON − While the story of Passover took place more than 3,000 years ago, local Jewish leaders say it is relevant today. Passover marks the liberation of the Israelites from centuries of ...

Every Passover Seder the legendary second century CE warrior Bar-Kochba features in the Haggadah incognito during the unusual tale of the five rabbis sitting in ancient Bnei Brak: It once ...

The trade war between the U.S. and China rages on but it did not spoil the mood of bidders taking part in a fine classical Chinese paintings auction in Hong Kong as an ancient scroll sold for a ...

launched in 2020 with a mission to empower people to live out their best Jewish values by bridging ancient Jewish wisdom with modern and ethical food choices. On April 17, they will host a vegan ...

Jewish newspapers were closed, and synagogues, businesses and hospitals looted. In 1942, German authorities, with the assistance of local authorities, demolished an ancient Jewish cemetery. Today, it ...

But she brought from Jerusalem a love of interpreting ancient Jewish texts and studied with figures such as the philosopher Marc-Alain Ouaknin and former chief rabbi Gilles Bernheim. Finding it ...