Everyone knows pork isn’t kosher. So why, then, are Jews so obsessed with it? For nearly all of Jewish history, pigs have been inescapable. During eras of Roman rule, rulers would challenge Jews ...

(RNS) — Was he, or wasn’t he? The question says more about American Jews than about the great explorer himself. (RNS) — Just in time for Columbus Day, reports emerged on Monday (Oct. 14 ...

Rosenblum, a professor of religious studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has written three other books on Jews and food, has spent 20 years pondering the question, “Why the pig?” ...

To ignore civilian deaths — even if inflicted in accordance with the laws of just war, to feel nothing — no compassion, empathy, sorrow or lamentation for human despair — is un-Jewish.

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. In my 50-plus years as a Jewish community leader, I have shared opinions and made calls to action on many issues affecting ...

Richard Winton is an investigative crime writer for the Los Angeles Times and part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2011. Known as @lacrimes on Twitter, during almost ...

Columnist John Breunig chats about faith and politics with panel members who are Jewish, Baptist, Muslim and Unitarian.

American actress Patricia Heaton is standing firm in her activism and leveraging her platform as a well-known star to bring awareness to the state of antisemitism across the U.S., especially on ...

A recent book on Jewish identity before and after Zionism shows the limitations of a progressive critique that doesn’t truly account for the experience of Palestinians. German Jewish refugees ...

FOREST PARK, Ohio — Friday night’s Winton Woods at Anderson football game has the ingredients of an incredibly special matchup as the regular season enters its final two weeks. The undefeated ...

Rosenblum’s new book, “Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig.” The “consumer” of course is the Jew, and those “sensitivities” are the result of a history that turned ...