“No one has the archive or library that YIVO has,” said Itzik Gottesman, who teaches Yiddish language and culture courses at ...

Long ago, it was already under examination in the ancient Jewish legend of the Lamed-Vov, a Talmudic tradition that scholars trace back to Isaiah. Here, the whole world is said to rest upon thirty ...

Some of the biggest rock stars in history happen to be Jewish, either by birth or conversion. Given the rich musical tradition of the Jewish people, this should hardly come as a surprise.

In Melbourne this month the Adass Israel Synagogue was fire-bombed. Photo: Getty Images Opinion: As the year winds down and we pause for some reflection, I find myself, as chair of the Holocaust ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Friday, taking at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of ...

By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Jody García Reporting from Mexico City and Guatemala City Guatemalan officials raided a compound on Friday belonging to Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect ...

Canadian ministers will convene a meeting with the police to discuss antisemitism, after attacks at Jewish establishments in Toronto and Montreal this week. By Vjosa Isai Reporting from Toronto ...

Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah) is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight nights, usually in November or December. This year, it begins at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25, and ends with nightfall on ...

Louis LeMed prizes of $500 each for the best literary works in Yiddish and Hebrew that appeared in 1949 were awarded here last night to five writers. Rachel Korn was honored for a book of Yiddish ...

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