Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost age of Eastern European Jewry.

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

Though ambitious and engaging, the New York institution’s reorganized collections galleries struggle to offer a coherent ...

After Holy City was razed in 135 CE, an edict seemed designed to prevent a Jewish return. The discovery of an ancient ...

Most ancient peoples who faced comparable pressures disappeared. Their names survive, if at all, as archaeological layers or ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Only one other known pendant of its kind exists—a lead menorah amulet of unknown origin currently housed at The Walters Art ...

The Greeks did not invent wrestling but they did bring it to a whole new level. They made it into an art form with their ...

Cast almost entirely of lead, the pendant is decorated on both sides with an identical image of a menorah framed within a ...

Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is one of the world’s most widely celebrated Jewish festivals. The Bondi attacks’ timing on its first ...

Klezfest 2025, which takes place Dec. 20, will feature performances by a host of popular Jewish entertainers: Rabbi Joe Black and Steve Brodsky; Hal Aqua & The Lost Tribe; Mishmish and Gora Gora ...

Discover what Hanukkah’s traditions are and when it begins and ends. Learn about Hanukkah menorah lighting, food, rituals, ...