Judaica

Layla Blenden: Jewelry of kindness

Blenden has begun selling her pieces at craft fairs and pop-up exhibitions showcasing the work of olim hadashim in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. She donates all proceeds to a charity fund in the US.

Layla Blenden.
 Items donated to a Judaica drive staged for  Los Angeles fire victims included shofars, seder plates and mezuzahs.

What I learned about American Jews while collecting Judaica for LA fire victims

 Twenty-sided dreidels created by David Zvi Kalman will become more expensive to import under the Trump administration's tariffs program.

I operate a small Judaica business. Trump’s tariffs will squelch Jewish innovation - opinion

 Sotheby's is auctioning what it says is the earliest known kiddush cup.

Sotheby’s to auction earliest known kiddush cup


WASHINGTON WATCH: Why does the GOP ignore domestic terrorism?

Various Republican US presidential candidates during the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 campaign in Simi Valley, California

Rare 16th century Talmud fetches $9.3 million in NY auction

A manuscript Pentateuch known as the Codex Valmadonna, the only dated Hebrew text surviving from medieval England was sold for $3.6 million.

THE EXTREMELY rare 16th-century Babylonian Talmud.

Justice Ministry increases its employee diversity

The ministry employs 363 Israeli-Arabs, Druse and Circassians which constitutes 9% of the employment pool

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked

Jewish parliamentarians from around the world meet in Knesset

A panel of members of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus from the coalition and opposition also discussed BDS at the special meeting.

Jewish parliamentarians from around the world meet in Knesset

Im Tirtzu

The views expressed by Im Tirtzu seem to be more widely supported within Israeli society than those held by organizations like B’Tselem. But does this fact ipso facto disqualify them?

A woman reads testimonies during a gathering in Tel Aviv to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Israeli NGO "Breaking the Silence"

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When Can Constipation Kill You? Find out!

Classic final on tap at Israel tennis nationals

Dudi Sela

'Russia open to Assad's ouster as part of Syrian peace process'

Diplomat says Russia privately accepts that Assad will have gone by end of transition period in Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, October 20, 2015

Jewish group condemns feminist writer for calling Taylor Swift a ‘Nazi Barbie’

“Such obscene and insensitive equations have no place in our cultural discourse and only serve to demean and trivialize the memory and suffering of the victims,” B’nai B’rith Australia chairman says.

Taylor Swift.

Islamic State says its followers carried out California attacks

Group delivers message on its daily radio broadcast; one of the attackers reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and its leader.

Police officers conduct a manhunt after a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California December 2, 2015