Rabbi Daniel Bouskila is the international director of the Sephardic Educational Center.

This inaugural printed Hebrew edition of the Prophets, with Kimhi’s scholarly annotations, was produced in 1485 by the esteemed Joshua Solomon ben Israel Nathan Soncino. This edition, which predates ...

Approach the conversation with them, not at them. Show up with vulnerability. Be OK with saying, “I don’t know.” Acknowledge ...

The weekly biblical portion of Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) contains many common-sense rules demonstrating how the Torah humanized ancient laws in other cultures. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin] ...

With how the world is right now, it was a matter more of when, rather than if, something like this would happen,” the ...

Another Jewish community was established in the port of Nagasaki. In fairly short order, the Russo-Japanese War and the Great ...

The tradition has its roots in a teaching that when Moshe warned that there would be no manna on Shabbat, some of the nation placed their double portion of manna in the fields to discredit him.

Shabbat Shalom. Found a mistake? Contact us Get the latest news in your mailbox Miriam and Devorah will take centre stage this Shabbat. These two extraordinary role models for all people ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

He instructed Merav not to drive to see her daughter if Agam were released on Shabbat. In contrast, it was reported that the Chief Rabbi of Petach Tikva, Rabbi David Yosef, permitted Merav to fly ...

But her neighbors in Oświęcim, she explained, have been welcoming and kind, asking questions and wishing her a Shabbat Shalom, meaning peaceful Sabbath. “I haven’t had even one altercation ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.