Join the Program in Judaic Studies for this year's Kwartler Family Lecture with Julia Rhyder on Tuesday, October 21. Abstract Commemorating war is such an integral part of the modern nation-state, and ...

(RNS) — Elul, the current and final month in the ancient Hebrew calendar, is a time of introspection, preparation and forgiveness as Jews prepare for the High Holidays: first the new year celebration ...

The holiday celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, but it continued evolving after the Neo-Babylonians conquered Jerusalem in 587 B.C. The late Middle AgesA lamb, unleavened ...

Note: The author of this article writes “G-d” with hyphenation to respect an interpretation of a Jewish rule about honoring the Holy One’s name. Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish ...