The discovery of a Roman-era mikveh, or ritual bath, on the site of a highway interchange under construction in the Jezreel Valley has united a kibbutz, the Israel Antiquities Authority, a public ...

Many grownups go to the mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, in search of ritual or spiritual purification. But preschooler Yonah is on a different quest: She’s going primarily to find out if there really ...

The religious organization seeking to replace a colonial-style home at the corner of East 28th Street and Avenue R with a new facility for ritual baths won the blessing of Community Board 15 this week ...

The ultimate training for a rebbetzin is not, in fact, hosting a Shabbat dinner, or remembering the name of a congregant during Kiddush. It happens, actually, in your dining room on a late weeknight.

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A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its kind in Europe. On March 10, Italian officials announced the discovery, which ...

Archaeologists delighted to unearth an ancient religious site in Israel discovered something else along with it — the names of two Aussies etched into the stone. The men were World War Two soldiers ...

On Sunday Minister of Religious Affairs MK Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home) held a meeting with the Chief Rabbis of Israel, in which it was agreed that women coming to immerse at mikvaot (Jewish ...

To immerse or not to immerse? That is the question. And if not to immerse, or if immersing becomes impossible, can (and should) we who have made mikveh our rabbinic pulpit offer an alternative in ...

Jewish women have used a mikvah or ritual bath for generations, but when COVID meant Tasmania's faithful could not travel interstate for the purifying act —Launceston's Shluchim couple stepped up.