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4 days ago · What Is a Jew? Solving the Mystery of Jewish Identity. By Tzvi Freeman. A Jew is anyone who was born of a Jewish mother, or has undergone conversion to Judaism according to halachah (Jewish law). 285 Comments.
1 day ago · The presence of Jewish people in the European part of Russia can be traced to the 7th–14th centuries CE. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the Jewish population in Kiev, in present-day Ukraine, was restricted to a separate quarter. Evidence of the presence of Jewish people in Muscovite Russia is first documented in the chronicles of 1471.
2 days ago · May 22, 2024 3 AM PT. WASHINGTON —. In the many debates over language surrounding the war in Gaza, few words are as controversial as “Zionism.”. Its original, most basic definition is Jewish ...
1 day ago · Paul Johnson, A History of the Jews (1988) Later linguistic research has refined the Weinreich model or provided alternative approaches to the language's origins, with points of contention being the characterization of its Germanic base, the source of its Hebrew/Aramaic adstrata, and the means and location of this fusion. Some theorists argue that the fusion occurred with a Bavarian dialect ...
23 hours ago · The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [9] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse, but also has entered Academic discourse. [10] [11] However, the term has also been criticized to be uncritically adapted. [10]
4 days ago · Image courtesy of The People Profiles. “If we are to truly understand the events that shaped history, we must understand the people who put them into being” argues The People Profiles founder ...
3 days ago · Take the Jewish History Quiz. By Menachem Posner. Test your knowledge of Jewish history, from ancient times to the present, and discover significant events, figures, and milestones. 74 Comments.
