The Sanhedrin, the Supreme Court in Judaism, originated in biblical times and existed until the 5th century. In the 1500s ...

Among the Jews who left Spain during the expulsion in 1492 was a boy not even 13 who would become ...

Jewish life in Poland remained vibrant for 500 years. Though filled with extreme hardship, it had a spiritual richness that ...

The position of rabbi took on renewed importance in Poland and Eastern Europe and helped develop the Jewish community in ...

The Marranos suffered greatly, but some managed to flee Spain, finding tolerance and success with other Jews in lands such ...

The Renaissance brought a new intellectual spirit to Europe but also challenged the power of the Church. For the Jews, ...

The printing press changed civilization. Among its changes was a new area of Jewish law: copyright, which predated non-Jewish copyright ...

Solomon ibn Gabirol is considered one of the primary philosopher-poets in Jewish history. His masterpiece, Keter Malchut, is the poem ...

During the Black Death, Jews were accused of well poisoning. As a result they changed a nuance of the age-old ...

Don Isaac Abarbanel almost prevented the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, but could not. The end of Spanish Jewry ...