Shai Afsai

Jewish religious and communal leaders of all ethnicities and denominations would do well to embrace the qesso…

Such mistakes are emblematic of broader problems, including that people have a hard time parting with narrati…

Near the end of Catch the Jew!, Tuvia Tenenbom repeats a joke told to him by Michael Mertes, head of the Jeru…

The Jewish Culture Festival’s founders and organizers, and the majority of its attendees, are non-Jewish Pole…

Though stories incorporating the phrase “The bride is beautiful, but she is married to another man” lack a pr…

Until the middle of the 19th century, the Jews of Ethiopia - the Beta Israel (House of Israel) - lived in alm…

Humor seems so necessary, especially now. Well timed, it can lighten otherwise dark moments. Well placed, hum…

Though stories incorporating the phrase “The bride is beautiful, but she is married to another man” lack a pr…

Joe Sommerlad of The Independent gives readers “A brief history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict” by plagia…

Some authors are unwilling to dispense with unsubstantiated stories, opting instead to put scholarly standard…

Kraków’s 29th Jewish Culture Festival—ten days of concerts, film screenings, walking tours, photo exhibits, l…

הרב מנדל לפין כתב ספר הדרכה לעבודה אישית על המידות שהיה לאחד הספרים הנלמדים בישיבות של תנועת המוסר. בעולם היש…

הוא נולד ב-1706 בבוסטון למשפחה שהתפרנסה בקושי מייצור סבון ונרות, וכשנפטר ב-1790 הוא כבר היה האמריקני המפורסם …

Prior to World War II, about one-tenth of Poland's population was Jewish, and Jews made up almost a quarter o…

Among the memorabilia sold in Kazimierz's Plac Nowy, or New Square - as well as in other parts of Krakow and …

Benjamin Franklin’s ideas and writings may be said to have had an impact on Jewish thought and practice. This…

Afsai, Shai. “A Persistent Interest in the Other: Gerry Mc Donnell's Writings on Irish Jews.” Studies: An Iri…

Over the past few years, Ireland and Northern Ireland's small Jewish community, now numbering about 3,000, ha…

The founding father devised a method of self-improvement, which found its way into accepted Jewish practice.

[Fiction] When he departs from this world, a man discards not only the possessions he has gained through year…

In preparing for my recent summer visit to Ireland to learn about Jewish life there, I came across a March 20…

Thomas Paine's close associations with famous Freemasons in America, England, and France have not only freque…

The now widespread Igbo belief in a Jewish ancestry goes back to the 18th century. However, it was during and…

For those with an interest in Nigerian claims to Jewish and Judaic traditions, Professor Fatai Ayisa Olasupo’…