With Rosh Chodesh Shvat upon us, schools across Israel are beginning to plant trees. This initiative was launched by schools in the south, near the Gaza border, in the Eshkol Region School District.

The "Braids for Agam" movement responds to reports that Berger, 20, has braided other hostages' hair in captivity.

" I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I ...

The Torah too is claimed by many Muslims to be filled with Tahrif; but Jews say that there are 70 different way of understanding God’s words and the differences are enlightening, and not falsifying.

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.

Now aged 40 and with 30 per cent lung function remaining, she spends between four and five hours daily on life-saving treatments. But she hasn’t let her declining health prevent her fighting for ...

From bar mitzvah boy to born-again Christian releasing gospel music, then back to Judaism, the singer-songwriter is a walking contradiction of Jewishness ...

BATON ROUGE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL ... an American ex-pat in his late 40s leads a solitary life amid a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student stirs the man into finally ...

These compounded crises have driven its citizens to the brink of psychological and physical collapse, with many succumbing to life-threatening ... like a tree hollowed out by worms, its scorched ...

A coin hoard dating back about 2,100 years, during the time of the Jewish Hasmonean kings, has been discovered at a site in the Jordan Valley. A 2,100-year-old hoard of 160 coins has been ...

he established the centrality of the synagogue in Jewish life. His passing marked the end of the Era of Prophecy. The above is a highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars. To receive the ...