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Is there a connection between the pointed hat worn by mythical dwarfs and gnomes and the hats once worn by the Jews of Europe?

“Vat’s da matta? You neva saw a Yankee before?” It is no accident […] that “Science” has come to play the evil role, justifying state crimes, that “Religion” played in earlier times.

Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jewish community adopted a seemingly strange image from Medieval Christian art.

Perhaps, if Trump does not overturn the election results, it is so that his merits remain etched in the eternal memory of our nation.

Learning about married life and a successful relationship from the story of the matchmaking between Yitzchak and Rivka.

‘Join me as we dive into a serious cultural awakening inside of one of New York’s Hasidic Jewish communities.’

Rabbi Isser Zalman Weisberg on why ‘Biden’s temporary glory will soon come crashing down, and Trump’s path to victory has taken a detour.’

How the biblical figure of Naamah evolved into a terrifying demon that rises from the depths of the sea to seduce the men of the world.

Vizhnitz Rabbi Yisroel Hager says closure of ultra-Orthodox schools caused ‘unbearable spiritual and material damage,’ vows they won’t be shuttered again.

We, the ultra-Orthodox community, bear the burden of the Torah and its commandments. Therefore, the non-religious Zionists must defer to us and move out of our way.

This week at the Tel Aviv airport.

The rabbis are assigning higher priority to ‘customer retention’ than to the clear halakhic imperative to preserve health and life.

The Kashani family from Beitar Illit raised a sheep as a kosher pet, but one day wounds appeared in his ear and he was taken to the slaughter.

How did the pointed hat of European aristocracy become an anti-Jewish Symbol? And was it the forerunner of the modern skullcap?

Moser (also pronounced “moiser”) literally means “one who hands over,” in the sense of one who informs or turns over a Jew to the secular authorities.

Nearly 200 years before the COVID-19 crisis, Rabbi Akiva Eger worked with medical experts and government authorities to help thwart a cholera outbreak, ultimately saving thousands