The country with the largest Jewish population, after the Land of Israel, French Jews have experienced both severe persecution and incredible growth.
By Yehuda Altein
Do you know which Jewish kingdom once flourished in southern Arabia?
By Menachem Posner
While this custom is simple enough and pretty universal, its reason is far from elementary.
By Yehuda Shurpin
The Jewish people have been redeemed twice before—once from Egyptian servitude and again from Babylonian exile. So what is it about the current dispersion that assures us the next redemption will be a permanent homecoming?
By Levik Gourarie and Schneur Pruss
To an ancient Greek or a Hindu, passive stillness is masculine, activity and motion are feminine. To a Taoist, action is masculine and passiveness is feminine. In other words, if it is a virtue it is masculine. The Jew turns the pyramid on its head
By Tzvi Freeman
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