A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its kind in Europe. On March 10, Italian officials announced the discovery, which ...

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 10 - A unique ancient Jewish bathhouse or mikveh has been found at Rome's ancient port of Ostia Antica.

“Epiphany of Queen Esther” by Los Angeles-based artist Shahin Dardashti (shahinart.com). This time of year, many non-Persian Jewish friends remind me that as an Iranian Jew, “my holiday” is just ...

This genetic burden suggests that the population was shaped by what geneticists call a founder event or a bottleneck. In other words, a small number of foremothers and forefathers contributed much of ...

As a moment in time, the Oct. 7 massacre was, paradoxically, an event both anomalous and familiar, at once exceptional and routine. It was horrifying and shocking to the extreme, yet, given the ...

And yet somehow, we’re told we’re “white colonizers.” Think about the audacity of that. People with no connection to our ...

The Temple House of Israel in downtown Staunton is hosting a series of events highlighting 150 years of Jewish life in the ...

Today, the few remaining descendants of Jewish immigrants from that time period still living on the island are determined to ...

Jewish life in the early Islamic world was apparently somewhat positive, especially as compared to Christendom. Jews were living in the Arab world since the Romans conquered Israel in 63 BCE when many ...

(JTA) — Never before had Douglas Sagal, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson, New Jersey, heard of a call for a communal fast in a moment of crisis for the Jewish people. But on Thursday, he ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Mene Ukueberuwa and Kyle Peterson. Images: AP/Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly Of all the ways to observe Rosh ...