The former emigration station in Hamburg has special meaning for me because both of my grandfathers departed for Colombia from there in the 1930s.

Welcome to Tractate Taanit.

Originally bar mitzvah meant simply "coming of age." The ceremony developed much later.

Persian Jewry can serve as a role model for Jews who live outside of the Land of Israel.

So what did you really look forward to last week—Thanksgiving or Black Friday? Gorging on turkey surrounded by all those ...

Toldot: A resource for families.

My mother was born in Germany in 1939. She grew up there, emigrating to the United States in 1968, after ...

The traditional Aramaic text of the ketubah (marriage contract) reflects the history of Jewish marriage.

This number appears over and over in the Passover Haggadah.

Ever since I was young, I have always felt a strong connection to Purim. For most girls at that age, ...