Peoples, Nationalities & Cultures

Anti-Semitism -- our fear of this scourge is deeply ingrained in our psyche. But how real is the threat?

Are converts looked down upon in Judaism?

All Jewish souls constitute one entity. Our nation is likened to a large body, each soul emanating from one of its 248 limbs. From this stems our mutual responsibility for one another—because we truly are one.

It is a little known lowlight of history that the Nazis were avid Judaica collectors. Rather than destroy the artifacts and objets d'art they had captured, they preserved them and actively added to the collection...