Identity is a curious, often ephemeral, matter. There have, for example, been numerous cases over the years of people ...

We don’t live in the desert, and we don’t ride camels.” That was the message that many Iranians wanted Mara Dodge to take ...

Depending on where you start the clock, the founding of the Jewish nation was partially born of an act of extreme cruelty.

Scenes from a synagogue that prepared for the worst — then faced it.

I’m sitting at the dining room table doing my Spanish homework while my mother sits across from me, tackling a daunting task: ...

The series is about a secret society of haredim (ultra-Orthodox) who have stopped believing and meet clandestinely with ...

As New York City moves to assume control of a financially distressed hospital that serves Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish ...

When veteran writer and producer René Echevarria began working on a new show featuring women of the Bible, he knew the ...

A total of 1,300 people were laid off from the State Department last summer, and the Bureau of Energy Resources was hit hard.

The Palestinian historian's work challenged dominant narratives and forced scholars to confront what had long been omitted, ...

For Sikh teacher Amrit Kaur, removing her turban to enter a classroom would be like walking in naked and “abandoning who she ...

"'God, use me,' that was my prayer," Echevarria, executive producer of "The Faithful: Women of the Bible," said. "If it ...