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Local sources said that the demolition had been planned for several years but was delayed due to interventions from an unspecified foreign embassy.

The novel, which is aimed for middle-grade readers, features a young Jewish transgender boy who teams up with a golem, a creature from Jewish folklore, to save the world from demons.

The collection contains Biblical codices, illuminated manuscripts, communal records, legal documents, scientific tracts, and incunabula.

From the groves of Corfu and Cephalonia to the orchards of Tiberias and Jaffa, the saga of the etrog under Ottoman rule reveals how a fruit became entangled in struggles of faith and trade.

I was a seven-year-old army brat, a Norfolk Tars baseball fan, and my father, Lt.-Col. Louis Geffen, had finally completed his six-year tour of duty as a judge advocate in World War II.

Many IDF soldiers found ways to commemorate the holiday on the frontlines in the Sinai Desert in the South and on the Golan Heights in the North.

As all these discoveries show, the land’s buried secrets have the power to transform our understanding of history, faith, and the human experience.

A rundown on the Sukkot's history and meaning, differing customs, and rules for when Yom Tov begins and ends.

To get to “yes” on both sides, Trump reached into his toolbox of his concept of dealmaking - as well as his own doctrine about big ideas and peace in the Middle East.

The Aleinu prayer has also been associated with martyrdom, especially of the Jews of Blois, who in 1171 were accused of ritual murder and offered their lives in exchange for baptism.

In the footsteps of the Gerrer hassidim and their illustrious rebbes: A look at Góra Kalwaria in Poland.