Eliezer Ben Yehuda (1858-1922), the “Father of the Modern Hebrew Language,” is best known for one of the truly great socio-linguistic events in world history: his virtually single-handed revival of ...

Jewish history isn’t random happenstance; Israel’s reconstituted national sovereign independence in the Land of Israel within ...

From Roman renaming of Judaea as Syria Palaestina to the UN Partition Plan of 1947, this 2,000-year timeline traces the ...

* * A fascinating history of ancient and modern Hebrew: “After the destruction of the Temple in the first century, Jews were scattered among non-Hebrew-speaking populations. As the Aristide incident ...

The story of Henry’s wives — albeit without Jewish content — will be retold Oct. 7-12 at the Benedum Center in “SIX,” recast ...

Yom Kippur, widely regarded as the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is observed just over a week after the Jewish New Year ...

One of his best-known books was a history of Jewish attitudes about sexuality. David Biale, a professor of Jewish history who wrote award-winning books about heretics, free-thinkers, radicals and the ...

Yom Kippur will begin Oct. 1at sunset. Here's what to know about the meaning of the Jewish holiday, customs and greetings ...