Judaism

Just about every person who is Black and Jewish has inevitably been met with surprise upon sharing their identities. Widespread ...

Why do Jews put stones on graves instead of leaving flowers? Is there a ritual or blessing that goes along with this practice?

#Rache in jüdischer #Gegenwartsliteratur ist das Thema der 7. Folge unseres Podcasts zur Ausstellung "Rache. Geschichte und Fantasie." Es unterhalten sich Max Czollek @rubenmcloop und @MirjamWenzel mit Literaturwissenschaftler Sebastian Schirrmeister.https://t.co/MWwWB3L2at— Jüdisches Museum FFM (@jmfrankfurt) May 26, 2022

A commitment to halacha is not contradicted by pro-choice beliefs, write the leaders of two Orthodox seminaries.

Isabel Frey reflects on the challenges and possibilities of performing Yiddish music as a Jewish performer in Germany and Austria beyond the insulated Berlin kl

The answer lies in the longstanding misguided and racist assumption by TV commissioners that the only people who would be interested in a show about Jews would be other Jews

Persian amulet made around 1930 featuring everyone's favorite Lilith scarers (Sanoi, Sananoi, and Samangalaf)https://t.co/ZGxJOm2pQu pic.twitter.com/lFexMYbVXc— elizabeth (@shvlman) May 11, 2022

An exploration of Jewishness in contemporary Russia.

Journal of Germanic Linguistics

Marijuana, as it turns out, has a history that goes all the way back to the Mishna and the Talmud where it is known as "cannabus."

I recently learned I’d been misled about Passover for my entire life.

This passover, pre order the incredible revival of the Israeli Black Panthers’ Protest Haggadah from 1971 by @NewIsraelFund & @JewishCurrents!   Inspired by the Black Power movement, Israeli Black Panthers formed in the 70's to protest anti-mizrahi racism.

Leftist seders often use versions of the Passover text that articulate contemporary political commitments—but the classical haggadah allows us to make our politics our own.

CYCO books is not New York’s last Yiddish bookstore. Yiddish bookstores do a brisk trade in Hassidic Brooklyn, where some 150,000 people still speak the

Jewish Currents is proud to release Black Ox Orkestar’s first recording in more than a decade.

We are building a bigger tent for nonbinary Jews through a third-gender grammar systematics for Hebrew, guided by our Torah and Talmud that teach us to rejoice that which cannot be neatly categorized.

jewish,learning,judaism, numbers, gematria, numerical values, letters, alphabet, significance, Louis Jacobs

For centuries before text-messaging and emailing birthed ubiquitous linguistic shorthand terms like LOL, TTYL and IMHO, Jews were not just ...

The Jewish world has a longstanding aversion to tattoos. Even among largely secular Jews, the taboo against body ink remains ...

Body Piercing in Jewish Law. Adorning the Jewish Body. The Jewish Body.

Does Jewish law allow body piercing? While most contemporary Jewish authorities believe that ear piercing is generally fine, the matter ...

18.03.2022 - 17.07.2022 Von Gott zu Quentin Tarantino: Eine außergewöhnliche Ausstellung nimmt erstmals den Topos "Rache" in der jüdischen Kulturgeschichte in den Blick. Die Schau spannt einen Bogen von biblischen Erzählungen über rabbinische Schriften, judenfeindliche Mythen und jüdische Legenden bis hin zu populärkulturellen Erzählungen. In ihrem Zentrum stehen Zeugnisse der Ermordeten, die Rache für das Verbrechen der Schoa einfordern.

This is like the best ‘which Jewish books should I buy?’ thread of all-time.This is your starter library. (Plus @theradr ‘s “Surprised by God” and “Nurture the Wow”). https://t.co/brUiw2C3QB— Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman (@RabbiMarkAsherG) February 15, 2022

“Please do not forget to let people know what the Baal Shem Tov said about the reason that Mashiach’s [messiah] ...