(RNS) — There’s a reason the Torah treats monarchy with suspicion.

He’s the only university president in the country who openly, repeatedly rejects Trump’s claims that the administration’s ...

Protesters have marched near the Israeli consulate in New York City over issues including the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews ...

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Rabbi Meir. who was reputed to know dozens of fox fables, thinks social morality is the primary sign of humanity. Farming brings about relatively dense settlements, property disputes, government and ...

Those caught ignoring enlistment orders can only be jailed for a short time; critics claim many exploit mental health ...

An Israeli soldier released under the ceasefire agreement said Hamas fulfilled his requests for Jewish prayer items during ...

Rosh Hashanah is called Yom Teruah, the day of the sounding of the horn. But what instrument fulfills this mitzvah? The Torah itself does not specify, entrusting the Oral Torah (Torah she’ba‘al peh) ...

Alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks are more likely to be bought by heavy drinkers than lighter ones, a study suggests. Research from the University of Sheffield found one third of adults have had an ...

A "flawed" draft of a 2020 Henry Ford Health research study suggests vaccinated children suffer from chronic diseases at a higher rate than unvaccinated children. The research came up in a U.S. Senate ...

When Maria Branyas Morera died last year at 117 years and 168 days old, she was the oldest known person in the world. Before she died, she asked doctors to study her. Dr. Manel Esteller, chairman of ...