Judaism

Check out these clips featuring four of the most stunning and interesting Torah scrolls from the National Library of Israel collection

A beautiful illustration from a book printed in 1601 for the Jewish community in Venice contains the first-ever printed documentation of the Lag BaOmer holiday haircut tradition

How did a glittering Star of David become the centerpiece of the royal crown and state symbol of a Pacific island nation? What does the Kingdom of Sheba have to do with circumcision? Join us on a journey around the globe as we follow the six-pointed star to the most unexpected of places…

The story of how the most zealous of the biblical prophets ended up becoming everyone’s most anticipated Passover dinner guest

This long-forgotten Passover custom was dealt a bitter blow by a sharp wife in a 15th century Haggadah…

In 2012, artist Maty Grünberg decided to revisit his 1984 work, The Bezalel Haggadah – ranked among the finest modern illustrated Haggadot. The resulting volume, The Sister of the Bezalel Haggadah, reveals the artist’s creative process, from concept to final print.

Published in 1820, the work contains some surprising, candid views on science, faith, women, and more…

A 10th-century Karaite scholar was somehow able to conceive a vision of Noah’s Ark that made use of advanced technology that was unknown in his time

Sarah Feiga Foner’s story is found in an obscure handwritten text inscribed in Solitreo script from Ioannina, Greece…

Message sent to ‘The Holy Ari’ reflects his influence at the time, outside the mystical realm