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My first home came with mezuzot in every doorway. As a young Jewish couple beginning our life together, Don and I mounted our own mezuza next to the front door and left the others in place. We ...
Donald Trump's recent use of a six-pointed star in a tweet widely deemed anti-Semitic has raised questions about the Star of David, a symbol of Judaism. It adorns synagogues the world over and is ...
Matzah is also a symbol of Jewish resistance and faith, one that was sanctified down through the generations by the sacrifices made by countless Jews to observe the precept even at times of ...
For thousands of years, the menorah has been a symbol of Chanukah’s message of resilience and Jewish pride, but its presence in America’s public sphere has only emerged relatively recently — for the ...
The world's largest Hanukkah Menorah before it is lit on the first night of Hannukah at Grand Army Plaza on December 18, 2022, in New York City. Some towns have removed Jewish symbols amid Israel's ...
A member of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel wears a medallion with the Star of David as he takes part in a ceremony marking the holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem on Nov. 11, 2015.
Known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the rise of the Jewish people against Greek-Syrian oppressors more than 2,000 years ago. As the island's Jewish ...
Twitter has deemed the Star of David, a symbol of Judaism and Jewish pride, to be “hateful imagery”, and is locking the accounts of users who display it.