Jewish Telegraphic Agency

In Galveston, descendants of a forgotten Jewish migration keep their community’s story alive

GALVESTON, Texas – More than a century ago, this busy Gulf Coast port and longtime vacation destination 50 miles southeast of ...
Opinion
San Diego Jewish WorldOpinion

The Misunderstood Origin of Chanukah

The family of Mattathias became known as the Maccabees, from the Hebrew word for “hammer,” because they were said to strike hammer blows against their enemies. The name Hasmoneans refers to the ...
Jewish Journal

The Secular Thought exchange, part 2: On Jewish secularism’s religious origins

David Biale is Emanuel Ringelblum Distinguished Professor of Jewish History and Chair of the Department of History at the University of California, Davis. His books have won the National Jewish Book ...
The Christian Century

When Judaism became Judaism

Yonatan Adler posits a convincing thesis, tightly and compellingly argued, that widespread observance of Pentateuchal legislation by Judeans—or what we now call Judaism—emerged no earlier than the ...
Jewish Journal

Origins of the “Jewish Vote”

Sonja Schoepf Wentling and Rafael Medoff in their recent book, Herbert Hoover and the Jews: the Origins of the “Jewish Vote” and Bipartisan Support for Israel, we gain some fascinating insights into ...