Jewish priests (Kohannim) are prohibited from attending funerals or encountering the dead (unless it is a close relative). How can the leaders of society ...

At the first international gathering of the Jewish priestly class of Kohanim and Levites in 2,000 years, participants prepared for the construction of the Third Holy Temple.

One of the sites in Israel least visited by Western tourists is the tomb of Ishmael, the last high priest (“Kohen Gadol”) of the Jewish temple of Jerusalem. And there is good reason for this.

Jewish priests (Kohannim) are prohibited from attending funerals or encountering the dead (unless it is a close relative). How can the leaders of society neglect one of the most important ...

The island of Elephantine in Egypt's Nile River contains the remains of a Jewish temple destroyed at the end of the 5th century B.C. Archaeologists have discovered a wealth of ancient documents ...

In the context of Potiphera and Yisro, Targum Onkelos translates “kohen” as “rabba” (master), but in the context of the Egyptian priests and the priest of Micah’s idol, Targum Onkelos ...

Meet the high priest behind Jesus's rushed and rigged trial. Immediately after his arrest, the high priest Caiaphas broke Jewish customs to hold a hearing and decide Jesus's fate.

The priest has devoted most of his academic life to writing about Jewish-Christian relations. He praises the reforms introduced by the Second Vatican Council, calling them “a radical change, a ...

This past fall, when Grzegorz Pawłowski passed away, teens from AMIT’s Yeshiva High School Ashdod high school, along with Rabbi Shalom Malul, traveled to Poland so that Pawłowski could have a ...

No fewer than seven portions are dedicated to the building of the Tabernacle and the sacrificial service offered there. One wonders why the text includes so much detail. This emphasis is especially… ...