(RNS) — Walk into any yeshiva classroom or rabbi’s study and you will find floor-to-ceiling bookshelves filled with the golden-lettered spines of traditional Jewish texts — compilations of ancient ...

The Library of Congress has awarded Geraldine Brooks, a Jewish author whose best-selling novels are often inspired by Jewish history, its prestigious 2025 Prize for American Fiction. Brooks, a former ...

During the summer, Derek Dolby, Library Museum and Press Coordinator at the University of Delaware, worked to redesign and improve the Jewish Studies Research Guide available through the University of ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Jewish New York was once defined by pushcarts and peddlers; immigrants arriving through Ellis Island; densely packed kosher restaurants; lively Yiddish theater and daily ...

(JTA) On the eve of World War II, the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in Berlin embodied an avant-garde era for the study of modern Judaism and philosophy, hosting students from the leading ...

LIMA — The Jewish Virtual Library has recently digitized an extensive history of Lima’s Jewish community. According to Austin Reid, writer and historian based in Rochester, N.Y., the national ...