For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the ...

The weekly biblical portion of Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) contains many common-sense rules demonstrating how the Torah humanized ancient laws in other cultures. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin] ...

By the time she was seven years old, Shelly Weiner had lived in a ghetto, lost a majority of her loved ones, been struck by ...

With how the world is right now, it was a matter more of when, rather than if, something like this would happen,” the ...

Antisemitism continues to surge in the United States, with the latest annual survey of American Jews reporting one-third have been targeted in person or online in ...

In Baker’s newly translated 1949 memoir, “Fearless and Free,” the boundary-breaking performer does not hold back on her ...

Prime Video’s epic saga set in J.R.R. Tolkien's ‘The Lord of the Rings’ universe will be back for a third season.

I’m pausing our usual programming to bring you this piece from the archives, which comes from my personal history with LA. Two of our staff are currently residing there: our Music Editor, Celia Chavez ...

In Redwood, a new Broadway musical about a New Yorker heading west after tragedy, a tree takes up most of the stage. The ...

Most reviews of Long Island Compromise blame the characters’ misery on their family’s wealth. But the reality of their ...

Israel has shifted from genocide in Gaza to ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, raising fears the Jenin assault is a prelude ...

The largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in India from Jan. 13 to Feb. 26. It is a significant test for ...