This list of books with Jewish main characters will help you discover exceptional picture books and middle grade books with compelling writing, intriguing stories, and memorable characters. If you’re ...

(The Conversation) — The first Jewish summer camps were founded at the turn of the 20th century and have become cherished traditions. But many face tough questions about how to discuss Israel and ...

Religious switching into and out of Judaism is rare in Israel, the only country where Jews are a majority of the population. Fewer than 1% of Israelis who were raised Jewish say they belong to a ...

When people die in unclear circumstances, particularly when they are young, the standard practice is for authorities to perform an autopsy on their body to determine a cause of death. But in the case ...

Leaders of a Jewish fundamentalist cult were sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for kidnapping two kids— including a child bride – then smuggling them into Mexico, prosecutors said. Three ...

For many years, Pew Research Center’s standard question about religious identity has asked, “What is your present religion, if any?” We asked that question again in the 2023-24 Religious Landscape ...

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: Vicki Garlock, award-winning author of ABCs of the World’s Religions, teaches a first grade class at Francine Delany New School about the Hindu festival of Diwali. Photo by of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has pleaded guilty in New York to trying to recruit others to commit violent attacks against Jews and racial minorities, including one ...

Many families have secular cultural celebrations at Christmas and Hanukkah, full of love and generosity but minus any theological undertones. That doesn't work for families where the parents take ...