God chose Israel saying, “You shall be a special treasure for me,,, a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Exodus 19:4-5). Then Israel ... through marriage? The Jewish mystics taught that ...

Hundreds of Jewish teenagers from dozens of cities across Russia and other FSU countries participated in a series of regional ...

The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.

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We were members of a Reform synagogue that was not in our neighborhood but, rather, four towns — and 8 ... I was on solid ground. Yes, Judaism has holy places (the Western Wall, for example ...

Born into a Jewish family and later converted to Catholicism, Israeli Jesuit scholar Father David Neuhaus condemned Trump and ...

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Redeeming hostages is one of the greatest deeds in Judaism. The Talmud ... Hamas terrorists hand over four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City, January 25, 2025 (credit: REUTERS ...

To understand the roots of high school hockey in Northeast Ohio, we can look back at how the city champion was decided. It ...