The Latest Breaking News from Judaism

Experts say use of hate-crimes statute conflates state of Israel with Judaism and infringes on free speech rights

Stella Prize shortlisted author Katia Ariel admits to a “pre-emptive regret” at not being able to include the personal details of each of the thousands of souls relayed to her by Ephraim Finch, director of Melbourne’s Chevra Kadisha – or, Jewish Burial Society. From the mid-1980s to 2015, he buried…

Ziva Mann has been navigating the challenges of raising a transgender child within an Orthodox Jewish community

The palatial edifice, believed to have stood where God created Adam, has fired imaginations for two millennia. Now artist Pablo Bronstein has created wild mashups, complete with blue-bearded gargoyles, suggesting how it looked

A growing number of Jewish Americans are urging Israel to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Gaza, though the ongoing war with Hamas remains a tension point

The departure of United Torah Judaism leaves Netanyahu with a razor thin majority in a government coalition dominated by two far-right parties.

Resignation of United Torah Judaism lawmakers leaves Netanyahu with razor-thin 61-seat majority in the 120 seat Knesset.

The corporations would asset-strip our brains, but we can take back control, says economist and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis

One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox

Wars are often waged in the name of religion. So what do key texts from Christianity, Islam and Judaism say about the justification for war?

Many see attacks as part of a rise in anti-Jewish hate, while others object to conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism