Reexamining the Greek alphabet, Herodotus’ story of Phoenician origins may obscure earlier Linear B writing on palm leaves.

Per Jewish tradition, God opens the Book of Life on Rosh Hashanah and inscribes those who are good in it. Those who are evil are judged to be culpable and may not live to the next Rosh Hashanah. (It ...

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Rosh Hashana, which translates from Hebrew as "head of the year," is one of the most important observances on the Jewish calendar. Many Jews take off work or school during this time. Yom Kippur, known ...

Professor Mark Mazower guides readers through a history that seeks to illuminate rather than to blame.

Gratitude, born of humility, awakens us to the beauty of people and details around us that we too often take for granted.

Hak-hel was (and will be again) a major event meant to unify the people and the Shevatim (tribes) to which they belonged. It also honors the Torah before all of Israel.

Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson's mural for Holocaust remembrance in Philadelphia is about language, displacement and memory.

Behind every trendy public play on artificial intelligence is a company that has to report financial results in the here and now. Back To Top ...