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Jewish universalism or Jewish particularism? It’s a false choice

Yet this framing itself is mistaken. God did not ask the Jewish people to choose between faithfulness and responsibility, ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Third-century Synagogue Unearthed in Palestine Sheds Light on Jews’ History

Excavation of an early third-century synagogue at Sheik Abreik in southern Palestine, shedding new light on the Jews of the era following the destruction of the second temple, was announced today by ...
The Jewish Exponent

Muslims and Jews: History Worsens

Jewish life in the early Islamic world was apparently somewhat positive, especially as compared to Christendom. Jews were living in the Arab world since the Romans conquered Israel in 63 BCE when many ...
Jewish Journal

The Return to Jewish History

As a moment in time, the Oct. 7 massacre was, paradoxically, an event both anomalous and familiar, at once exceptional and routine. It was horrifying and shocking to the extreme, yet, given the ...

Jewish people were...: Candace Owens sparks widespread backlash after making inflammatory claims about Jewish history

Candace Owens is facing intense criticism after a recent episode of her YouTube show ignited outrage across political and ...
AZ Central

As Jews celebrate Yom Kippur, here's a look at their long history in Arizona

The High Holy Days, celebrated by the Jewish faithful over a 10 days, conclude with Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown on Sunday. This day of reflection serves as a reminder that Jews have been a ...

Warsaw Jewish cemetery director fired amid clash over who controls the preservation of Poland’s Jewish past

Witold Wrzosinski, the Jewish director, said he was pushed out on Dec. 10 after seeking a new contract with the Polish ...
The Nation

What the Jewish History of Exile Means Now

A recent book on Jewish identity before and after Zionism shows the limitations of a progressive critique that doesn’t truly account for the experience of Palestinians. German Jewish refugees looking ...
The Jewish Exponent

‘Origin’ Story: How Ava DuVernay’s New Movie Connects the Holocaust, Slavery and Caste

Early in the new drama “Origin,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning Black author Isabel Wilkerson (played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) calls her cousin from Berlin to share that, as part of her research into ...
The Forward on MSN

One of America’s first Jewish farms was nearly lost to history. Now these Brooklyn parents are risking everything to keep their family’s legacy alive.

The 350-square-foot Brooklyn apartment where Malya and William Levin live with their four children is barely big enough for ...

Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews

Like many minority groups, Jews have always created ways of adapting to the societies in which they live, but whose culture they do not totally share. And one thing that means is a collection of ...