“In crowded Jewish quarters, deprived of air and sunshine, our bodies became weak.… Let us again be wide of body and strong of gaze,” stated

“The Magnes” announces the big, lit-up silver sign on the façade of the low-slung, burnt-orange building in downtown Berkeley, California. The modern 25,000-square-foot building, a former printing

Marvelous Menagerie: A Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel Some 1,700 years ago, a wealthy Roman had a floor mosaic installed in his large house in

It’s a mitzva to write a Sefer Torah. In fact, the biblical commandment requires every Jew to write one, though this has been subject to

Despite a setback now and then, for Jews this city—which boasts 40 synagogues—remains safe and comfortable, a virtual island in the sun. Montreal is a