What is the future of Judaism in a world full of choices?
Many narratives from Star Wars and Jewish history run parallel. Will ‘The Force Awakens’ get back to basics?
New research in the ongoing academic debate says no
An explosive debate erupts from footnotes suggesting that Ashkenazi Jews are Europeans
An excerpt from ‘The Newton Papers’ reveals the scientist’s long-hidden, anti-rationalist, heretical obsession with alchemy
Two new books explore the complex legacy and rich life of the great Jewish historian of conversos and Marranos
The Montreal face-off between Yaacov Herzog and Arnold Toynbee offers ways of discussing the Jewish state that still feel fresh
‘How Jewish is Jewish History?’ by Moshe Rosman
A masterful encyclopedia sums up our history and culture but raises the question of where Jewishness lies today
A look at the Afghan Geniza sheds new light on Jewish history
How the British Marxist and anti-Zionist, who died last week, influenced the writing of Jewish history
The Yale historian explains his masterwork and its transnational narrative of the Holocaust
Painter Ward Shelley plays with the history of Judaism in ‘The People of the Book,’ a series of giant, whimsical flowcharts that tell a story
Three cemeteries belonging to Shearith Israel, the oldest Jewish congregation in North America, are tucked away in Manhattan, a visible legacy of New York City’s long-ago Jewish past
Stifling debate on the Nakba—the Arabic word for catastrophe and how Palestinians refer to Israel’s founding—prevents a free and open discussion of the historical record
The Israel Museum’s impressive $100 million renovation awkwardly attempts to redefine the Jewish world
Yosef Yerushalmi, who died Tuesday, was a pioneer in the field of Jewish studies