Judaica

Hidden in Jerusalem's Old City, collector stumbles upon rare Jewish treasure from Morocco

Isn’t it remarkable to find a unique object that made the journey from Marrakesh to Jerusalem a few hundred years ago?

The exceptional treasure, a mortar dating back to around 1805, had oxidized; the shopkeeper found it among his household goods.
A photo of the interior of Deborah Brodie and Jay Brill's residence in Rockville, Maryland.

After a Maryland teacher’s death, a 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in a Jewish museum

Layla Blenden.

Layla Blenden: Jewelry of kindness

 Items donated to a Judaica drive staged for  Los Angeles fire victims included shofars, seder plates and mezuzahs.

What I learned about American Jews while collecting Judaica for LA fire victims


Report: Decline in students eligible for higher level math matriculation certificates

Higher level mathematics studies are still predominately a male field of study, report finds.

Education Minister Naftali Bennett teaching math to students in Petah Tikva, May 28.

Embroidering tales and tallitot

A Judaica needlepoint artist and retired early childhood educator, Stanger’s tale of the tree on Gezer Street relives her childhood and the people who influenced her.

Ofra Stanger

Center Field: Fighting the new-age hatred – anti-Zionism and the age-old hatred – anti-Semitism

We will build ourselves, fix ourselves, perfect our Jewish state, knowing that, ultimately, it will benefit us all, as it has for decades.

A picture depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an Islamic State fighter posted on the Arab-Jewish Hadash party’s Arabic Facebook page

Shocking News About Children in Israel

Yad Ezra

The hidden kindness of holding back

Of the many ways to bring about redemption, two of them come to play in the Exodus narrative: Grand displays of power on the one hand and subtle, brave acts of rebellion on the other.

'Moses before the Pharaoh,’ a sixth-century miniature from the Syriac Bible of Paris

‘Let’s talk it over’

In this week’s Torah portion we encounter an individual who arguably was the most stubborn person in the history of mankind.

Painting by Yoram Raanan

Analysis: Istanbul attack reveals Erdogan’s crumbling sense of stability

The terrorist attack jolted the state, prompting a government ordered media blackout. Turkey initially reported that the suicide bomber was a Syrian.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris

Deri’s return

Arye Deri

European Jewish Congress to hold snap election almost a year early

“Kantor's big fear is that Lauder will be able to find an attractive candidate that will tip the scale and take Kantor's position away from him.”

President of the European Jewish Council Moshe Kantor.

Aid package for women in abuse shelters progresses in Knesset

Gal-On: The state understands that it is not the women's private problem, but a social phenomenon.

Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On presenting the party's diplomatic platform