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“Money is fire. Like fire it can destroy and annihilate, or illuminate and warm, depending on how it is used.” ...

“The man who seeks to wipe out his own past is thrown into a state of constant hatred of himself….The ...

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said that the most difficult to observe of all the 613 commandments is “Honor your father ...

Recently on Jewniverse we featured information about Dr. Gisella Perl, a gynecologist who provided abortions to women in Auschwitz who ...

A man in a boat began to bore a hole under his seat. His fellow passengers protested. ‘What concern is ...

The new book Folktales of the Jews: Tales from Arab Lands, edited by Dan Ben-Amos, collects hundreds of years’ worth ...

“To act rightly or otherwise rests for the most part with man, but in each action Fate cooperates.” —Josephus Flavius ...

Fox Studios released four new clips from the new X-Men movie last night. If you’ve followed our coverage of Magneto’s ...

The text of President Obama’s Middle-East address. (Los Angeles Times)Akiva Eldar: “No American president or presidential candidate has ever told ...

A nice catch by Rabbi Jason Miller (and even nicer of him to record it and put it up on ...