In the New Testament of the Bible, Barabbas is a prisoner who was chosen by the crowd over Jesus to be released by Pontius ...

The Black Angels’ first album, 2006’s Passover, has a fascinating title. The record explicitly connects the then-ongoing war in Iraq to the American war in Vietnam—especially in a hidden bonus cut, ...

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Theater and Judaism have always been Bernstein’s passions, but uniting the two is an opportunity that came about recently. A ...

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One significant obstacle that the prosecution faced throughout the case was that Beilis was broadly respected, even beloved, by the Gentiles in his neighborhood, some of whom referred to him affection ...

With David Ben-Gurion’s encouragement, Rabin directed the expulsion of the Arabs from Lydda (now Lod), a story Rabin later ...

(JTA) — Among the legions of Grateful Dead fans mourning Phil Lesh are a small but devoted cohort of Jewish Deadheads with ...

I’ve encountered the story of the rich man, our Gospel reading for Oct. 13 ... Recalling that he claimed to be “Lord of the ...

At the core of Israel’s importance is its identity as the spiritual and ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. For ...

The sandwich is one of the best inventions in food history, but who's credited with making the first one? The history is more ...