The Forward on MSN
The gift Jews gave to America on its 100th birthday in 1876
On the eve of July 4, 1876, a New York broadside marked America’s centennial with something extraordinary: the first Hebrew ...
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Retracing the history of Talmudic sage Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki (Rashi), from Germany to France
Many associate him with Worms, Germany, where he studied as a young man. However, his hometown was Troyes, the capital of ...
A five-year international effort will analyze 250 scroll samples to determine where they were made. Bu the copper scroll—a ...
Geography Now on MSNOpinion
China’s “National Language” was a political project - and America should pay attention
Language is not just communication — it is migration, conquest, identity, and power written into speech. This video breaks ...
The existence of the Samaritans reminds us that possessing a text is not enough. The greater wonder is the survival of a ...
Religion News Service on MSN
For cookbook author Adeena Sussman, moving to Tel Aviv reshaped her kitchen — and her life
(RNS) — Her goal, she told a Pittsburgh JCC audience, is to show Israel in a lens not political or religious, but to cook, ...
The Founding Fathers saw a model in the Torah’s Hebrew commonwealth, a nation ruled by law and covenant instead of a king.
An Israeli bill that would extend civil control over ancient sites in the West Bank has drawn criticism from Palestinians and Israeli rights groups who say it is tantamount to annexation of ...
For centuries, archaeologists have uncovered inscriptions, ancient cities, monuments, and artifacts that offer remarkable ...
Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.
Discover 19 rare artifacts that rewrote history, challenging beliefs and reshaping what historians thought they knew. The ...
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