Two thousand years ago, there was no “Christianity.” There was only Judaism — and a small movement within it that followed a rabbi named Jesus of Nazareth. But within a century, that movement would ...

In September, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, a progressive New York-based organizing group, filled a Sunset Park sports ...

Sixty years ago, the Catholic Church issued a revolutionary document called Nostra Aetate - Latin for "In Our Time." Adopted ...

We can happily say on the occasion of this sixtieth anniversary that Nostra Aetate opened the way to a fundamental transformation of Catholic-Jewish relations. This is not to say that problems don’t ...

When Chelsea's Orange Street Synagogue shuttered in 1999, the fate of its elegant Torah ark hung in the balance. So a rabbi ...

An exhibition in Germany invites visitors to explore the world of scents through 81 fragrances across 37 galleries." ...

Ever wondered what war smells like? Or ponder the odor of love, or the stench of medieval Paris, or the sacred fragrance of ...

Blima Marcus, an Orthodox nurse in Brooklyn, wrote on Facebook that she had abandoned an earlier promise not to vote at all ...

Forgiveness practices from different faiths can give us inspiration to confront pain, release our anger, and heal ourselves ...

Democrats don’t like Islam any more than they like Judaism or Christianity. Most of them, at best, are agnostic, many are ...

A new play and a poetry collection insist on the relevance of a prime minister who died for championing peace.

New books and a National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene play reclaim the poet-parachutist for an era marked by antisemitism and ...