It’s been maddening to see outsiders claim that his win in the mayoral primary was a victory for antisemitism.

In Hebrew, “Bayit” means “house” and “home.” We miss both – our physical “house” (apartment) in Herzliya, and our Jewish ...

In the 159 years since Beth El Hebrew Congregation was formed in 1859 — making it the oldest Reform synagogue in Northern Virginia — only five senior rabbis have served the congregation.

But my friend recommended that I read C.S. Lewis’s “The Screwtape Letters” — a book he believed would speak to my English-major sensibilities — and I decided to humor him.

A Yiddish translation of “Arabian Nights” sounds like the set-up to a Borscht Belt joke. Yet, as a recent finalist for a ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a detained immigrant into an elevator after he exited an immigration courtroom, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York.

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So many of us writers, translators, and readers are accustomed to the translation process that it can be surprising to learn ...

Live Music Archive Librivox Free Audio. Featured. All Audio; Grateful Dead; Netlabels; Old Time Radio; 78 RPMs ... A complete Hebrew-English pocket-dictionary to the Old Testament by Feyerabend, Karl, ...

This highly original volume illustrates what has been happening in the past two decades in Hebrew Bible studies under the influence of developments in literary theory. The methods and practice of ...

"The American Hebrew Academy began as a dream," wrote Glenn Drew, the school's executive director. "It has been a dream fulfilled for 18 years, and it is a dream that must unfortunately come to an ...