A Torah carried from Europe by Gilbert Metz, Mississippi’s only Holocaust survivor, survived a fire at Beth Israel ...
That phrase isn’t about trembling at divine thunder. As Martin Buber brilliantly puts it, “fear of God” means deep, ...
In his new book, Stav Appel points out Jewish symbols, objects and references in one of the earliest tarot decks.
Shavuot is the festival when Jews eat cheesecake and celebrate “matan Torah,” literally, “the giving of the Torah” at Mount Sinai. It conjures up images of the tablets being handed to Moses in the ...