On the second day Rosh Hashanah, there is a fairly common tradition to enjoy a new fruit and make the shehechiyanu blessing over ...

You say "Shabbos," I say "Shabbat."

In Muslim countries, Jewish boys learned the whole range of Jewish and secular subjects.

While all Jews have roots in the Middle East, Mizrahi Jews never left it.

Want some insights into a historian’s dilemma? It involves cultural identity. Geography. And NASCAR. (Well – sort of.)The Encyclopedia of ...

Continuing with excellent posts from our excellent summer interns, history intern Caroline Kahlenberg considers the southernness of Alexandria, Virginia.Two weeks ...

Today's global migrants, like our peripatetic forebears, are suspended in the precarious place between a difficult past and a hopeful future.

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Photo from Green Fig NYC’s instagramYou’d never guess that some of NYC’s best, most innovative pork short ribs can be ...

A guide to the major sages and scholars known for their work on this canonical text.