Iran was once a modern nation and an ally of the Jewish people. But since the Islamic Revolution, it has been radicalized, leaving its own citizens oppressed and the region destabilized.

( JTA) — Jon Stewart hosted writer Peter Beinart on “The Daily Show” Monday night, for a conversation in which the two Jewish ...

Austin Albanese grew up in Lancaster, Ohio, after B’nai Israel, the only synagogue, closed. It sparked questions that led to ...

Iran used to be Persia. The story of Purim. Esther and her son Coresh (Cyrus). It is through them that the second Beit HaMikdash was built. Where are the people that will represent Coresh? Is this the ...

Suzanna Murawski on “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” at the Jewish Museum, New York.

It doesn’t have a name, and it doesn’t have a sign, but a new iteration of Silver Moon Bakery reappeared on 101st Street and ...

Well, I berated one of Israel’s official spokesmen on this website at the end of last week for his incompetence, and for the damage that that incompetence does to Israel’s reputation. I also said that ...

Illuminations #185, a weekly publication by COLlive.com and DollarDaily.org: Rabbi Shlomo and Nechama Rothstein share stories ...

If you feel bad that God punished the Jews, but don't help relieve the same suffering today of 'children begging for food,' ...

The result was a car crash. Interviews with Israel government spokespeople are invariably car crashes, but this one was made ...

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After 22 years of service as administrator and program director for the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City, Annette Fish has retired, concluding her 48-year career as a Jewish communal ...