Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 3—When Rabbi Jack Shlachter, an instructor for a new course on Jewish religion and culture in Santa Fe, opened the floor to ...

A new study reveals how the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism influenced early Judaism during the Achaemenid Empire.

(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 ...

How is Yom Kippur celebrated? Yom Kippur is typically celebrated with a day of reflection, prayer and fasting. Followers of the Jewish faith attend religious services and do not eat from sundown to ...

The program in Jewish studies at Smith College explores the history, literature, arts, politics, philosophy, culture, religion and languages of the Jewish people from its origins in ancient Israel ...

Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection known as the "High Holidays," which began with Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur, ...

(JTA) — Almost one in four U.S. adults raised Jewish do not identify as religiously Jewish anymore, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. The study, published Wednesday, surveyed ...

(RNS) — Hebrew Union College's New York City campus is moving to a smaller building. (RNS) — Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform movement’s rabbinical training school, is ...

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the flagship rabbinical school of Reform Judaism, will allow students to pursue ordination remotely, the school announced Tuesday, part of a program ...

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