Judaica

Yom Kippur through the centuries: The prayer books that preserve centuries of Jewish history

In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, NLI’s curator Dr. Chaim Neria explains how the NLI came to house thousands of prayer books, noting that “it fits into the overall mission of the library.”

Dr. Chaim Meir Neria, curator of the Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel, with one of the two volumes of the Lisbon Mahzor recently received by the Library.
Recovered stolen silverware.

Two Bnei Brak minors charged in alleged theft of nearly NIS 100,000 worth of silver from synagogues

The exceptional treasure, a mortar dating back to around 1805, had oxidized; the shopkeeper found it among his household goods.

Hidden in Jerusalem's Old City, collector stumbles upon rare Jewish treasure from Morocco

A photo of the interior of Deborah Brodie and Jay Brill's residence in Rockville, Maryland.

After a Maryland teacher’s death, a 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in a Jewish museum


The Essential Seder Shopping Guide

You might have been menu-planning since Hanukkah, but are you really ready for Seder night? This is your one-stop guide to everything you need for a perfect Passover!

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From Israel with Love! Gorgeous Gift Ideas to Warm Their Heart this Winter

If you want to tell the special person in your life how much you love them, but don’t quite know how to say it, check out these great ideas for gorgeous gifts from Israel!

From Israel with Love!

Report: Decline in students eligible for higher level math matriculation certificates

Higher level mathematics studies are still predominately a male field of study, report finds.

Education Minister Naftali Bennett teaching math to students in Petah Tikva, May 28.

Embroidering tales and tallitot

A Judaica needlepoint artist and retired early childhood educator, Stanger’s tale of the tree on Gezer Street relives her childhood and the people who influenced her.

Ofra Stanger

Center Field: Fighting the new-age hatred – anti-Zionism and the age-old hatred – anti-Semitism

We will build ourselves, fix ourselves, perfect our Jewish state, knowing that, ultimately, it will benefit us all, as it has for decades.

A picture depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an Islamic State fighter posted on the Arab-Jewish Hadash party’s Arabic Facebook page

Shocking News About Children in Israel

Yad Ezra

The hidden kindness of holding back

Of the many ways to bring about redemption, two of them come to play in the Exodus narrative: Grand displays of power on the one hand and subtle, brave acts of rebellion on the other.

'Moses before the Pharaoh,’ a sixth-century miniature from the Syriac Bible of Paris

‘Let’s talk it over’

In this week’s Torah portion we encounter an individual who arguably was the most stubborn person in the history of mankind.

Painting by Yoram Raanan

Analysis: Istanbul attack reveals Erdogan’s crumbling sense of stability

The terrorist attack jolted the state, prompting a government ordered media blackout. Turkey initially reported that the suicide bomber was a Syrian.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris

Deri’s return

Arye Deri