We might think ancient society was cruel to women – and in many ways, the ancient world did not sufficiently protect individual rights – but I can’t think of anything more cruel than the modern ...

Exhibited here is a page from the November 1, 1884 Illustrated London News, which was accompanied by the following description of the service at the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London commemorating ...

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Palestinian kids books, officials at the public library in Chapel Hill, N.C., say the books meet their criteria.The post Public libraries peddle Palestine ...

A July 7 arson attack has prompted faith leaders to assail the Netanyahu government’s inattention to settler attacks, which ...

The international community seems to be no closer to finding an answer than in 2014, when the extraordinary novel “The Book of Disappearance” (Syracuse University Press, trans., $19.95), by ...

In response, Pinchas—grandson of Aaron, future High Priest—grabs a spear and goes full vigilante, impaling them both mid-act. The plague stops. Divine applause follows. And God grants him an “eternal ...

The Vilna Gaon (Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, 1720–1797), widely regarded as one of the greatest Torah scholars in Jewish ...

Israel has bombed the areas around the Syrian city of Suweida after renewed fighting between Syrian government forces and ...

Tourists are being told to stay away from area which contains popular archaeological site due to safety concerns ...

As socially-engaged New York City faith leaders who for decades have preached “with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper ...

James Larkin’s leadership of Belfast’s dock strike in 1907 and Dublin’s 1913 lock-out are landmarks in the history of trade ...