The beloved 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” featured The Wicked Witch of The West with no explanation of why she was evil, other than that a house fell on ...

One of the hallmarks of Jewish tradition is its intense focus on debate and disagreement. This is so much the case that some have argued that Talmud is essentially an “anthology of arguments” and ...

In 587 BCE, King Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar II and the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Almost 600 years later, the Second Temple was demolished by the Roman Empire. Tisha B’Av, the ...

The spiritual link between Jewish Exodus story and American founding shaped the nation's moral foundation, with gratitude serving as an antidote to modern division.

Many of us set out in life with good intentions to achieve noble goals and objectives, however, sometimes the very thing preventing our success is our own self-destructive tendencies. The form can ...

(JTA) — Matzo balls, shiva calls and a Yiddish lesson all played a role in the first episode of the 11th season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which premiered on HBO Sunday night. The episode offered a ...

On Monday night at Temple Emanu-El in Helena, more than a dozen volunteers packed boxes filled with a lesson plan called ...

A school district in suburban Virginia is drawing backlash for announcing that middle school students could opt out of a talk by a Holocaust survivor on Monday. Critics of the school connected the ...

If you’re watching “Jewish Matchmaking” expecting it to be the Jewish “Jersey Shore,” change your expectations. You will see 25 dates, none of which get hot and heavy on screen. Nobody fights and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FORT LEE, N.J. (PIX11) — Jewish parents of ...