A chair for the study of modern and ancient Hebrew civilization has been established at the University of Strasbourg, it was announced here today. The action by the Ministry for National Education ...

Judaism is 3,000-plus years old; a religion, culture, languages (Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino), food, philosophy, ethics, spiritual traditions — a whole civilization. Zionism is a ...

A Chair in Hebrew Civilization will be established at the University of Rio de Janeiro on August 14 and will be held by Rabbi Henrique Lemle, of the congregation of German Jews here, it was announced ...

The first Passover is an event that occurred about 3,500 years ago. It marks the beginning of the Jewish people as a free people. The first commandment given to the Jewish people was to construct ...

Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald is a Senior Fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) in Jerusalem, specializing in the history of Jewish civilization, Israeli S&T policy, and Jewish-Israeli links ...

Brandeis has launched an initiative — the Consortium for the Teaching of Hebrew Language and Culture, directed by research professor Vardit Ringvald — that aims to transform Hebrew language ...

The central theme of Parshat Bo is the national consciousness developing within Israel. We saw last week that Parshat Va’eira focuses on the conflict between Moshe and Pharaoh and emphasizes the ...

When I started giving tours of the Newark Earthworks back in the late 80s, I would frequently have people ask me – “What about the Newark Holy Stones?” I didn’t know much about them at the time, but I ...