A new book explores how, contrary to popular belief, Christmas was a festive time for Jewish men, who took time off from ...

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The attack on Jewish communities is "an attack on our European civilization and our cultural heritage, which is based on the ...

Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of the European Jewish Association, attends a Gala dinner during a two-day summit meeting of Jewish leaders from across Europe to discuss the rise of antisemitism on ...

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost ...

I think we should celebrate visibly and publicly, without fear,” Marco Schouwenaar told JNS. “But it’s making my wife uneasy, ...

Call me a softie, but I love a traditional Christmas Eve. If you don’t find me eating Chinese food and watching a movie, I ...

The World Jewish Congress on Thursday welcomed the European Council’s unequivocal commitment to combating antisemitism, as ...

For the launch of "Dynamic Repetition: History and Messianism in Modern Jewish Thought" — the newest title in the Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry at Brandeis University Press — ...

The European Jewish Association wondered in response to the Sydney Hanukkah massacre what it will take for governments to ...

Organizers of an international conference on the history, culture and traditions of East European Jewry between the late Middle Ages and 1939 are seeking papers for the event, to take place on April ...

Sponsored by Brandeis Hillel, Masorti, and J Street U at Brandeis, the Center for Spiritual Life, the Seminar on Contemporary Jewish Life, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in ...