SAN DIEGO— Recently I had the opportunity to see the reading of Ei8ht, a new youth musical written by San Diego Jewish ...

In some of the ancient civilizations each year was designated with a label rather than a number. For example, there was a Year of the Locust, a Year of the Flood, or a Year of Golden Harvest.

Encouraged by a ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas in October, Bethlehem brought back its annual Christmas celebrations.

As a new year opens, Jewish wisdom does not rush us forward. It invites us inward. It asks us to slow our breath, soften our listening, and attune to what the prophets called kol demamah dakah —the ...

Despite tensions between the Vatican and Israel's government over the Gaza war, some Jews and Christians living in Israel are trying to build trust between their communities.

Azrieli Prize winner Hana Ajiashvili reimagines a medieval riddle in “Riddle,” shaping history and personal experience into a ...

The Bondi Beach massacre stands as a heartbreaking milestone in the resurgence of antisemitism. It has transformed a holiday of illumination into one marked by loss. Yet Hanukkah’s ancient narrative, ...

Rabbi Abraham Unger, executive director of New Synagogue Palm Beach, said the holiday recognizes the survival of the Jewish ...

Over the past two months more than 1,000 musicians and record labels have signed on to an initiative to remove their music from Israel in a protest against the massive crimes carried out by the ...

Since September, more than 1,000 artists and labels including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attackhave joined an international initiative to remove their music from Israel. The boycott, called No Music for ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient religious practice in northern Israel in addition to a wine press dating back roughly 5,000 years — one of the oldest ever uncovered in the ...

An artificial intelligence clip of Israelis celebrating the release of the hostages (left) alongside a clip of Hostage Square in Tel Aviv (right) in Yoni Bloch’s new music video. Screenshot JTA When ...