Judaica

After a Maryland teacher’s death, a 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in a Jewish museum

For 35 years, Kaylie’s mother, Deborah Brodie, had amassed a collection of over 200 Jewish ritual objects, which she had used as a hands-on classroom for her Hebrew school students with special needs

A photo of the interior of Deborah Brodie and Jay Brill's residence in Rockville, Maryland.
Layla Blenden.

Layla Blenden: Jewelry of kindness

 Items donated to a Judaica drive staged for  Los Angeles fire victims included shofars, seder plates and mezuzahs.

What I learned about American Jews while collecting Judaica for LA fire victims

 Twenty-sided dreidels created by David Zvi Kalman will become more expensive to import under the Trump administration's tariffs program.

I operate a small Judaica business. Trump’s tariffs will squelch Jewish innovation - opinion


Having trouble coming up with holiday gifts? Here are some ideas

Rosh Hashanah is the holiday of gifts, especially for those who are being hosted for the holiday and don't want to come empty-handed. So here are some options: some more and some less conventional.

 Woman smells scented candle (Illustrative)

Jerusalem's distinguished guests: The collector, his artist inspiration

California collector Irvin Ungar has arrived in Israel and will be giving free lectures on his "friend," Polish Jewish artist Arthur Szyk.

 ARTHUR SZYK, ‘Arsenal of Democracy,’ New York, 1942: The artist saw himself as a ‘soldier in art.’

Pittsburgh man charged with stealing Judaica from dozens of Jewish homes

Hamsa amulets, menorahs, books, miniature Israeli flags and even family photos were among the large collection of items recovered in the search.

 Police recovered several bins of Judaica from the house of Pittsburgh resident Andrew Clinton, April 21, 2022.

Reimagining Judaica, with a modern twist

The historic Shaare Zedek building on Jaffa Road now features Sari Srulovitch’s 2021 Jerusalem Biennale exhibit, which is rich in symbolism and blends Jewish customs with a modern vibe.

Engagement bowl, inspired by a beloved family carpet

Polish ice cream shop owner (controversially) runs a local Jewish museum

Poland’s main Jewish museum has shortlisted him for an award, but an advocate for preserving Jewish sites says he should instead be penalized for illegally appropriating Jewish property.

 Visitors enter the makeshift Jewish museum of Jozef Gucwa in Bobowa, Poland in 2020.

The Jewish bookshelf of Tiferet Binyamin

Usually when we use the term “Jewish bookshelf,” we mean the compendium of basic texts. But recently I was fascinated by an actual Jewish bookshelf, which led me on an exploratory journey.

Illustrative image of a synagogue.

Judaica artist and IDF veteran fires assault rifle to make abstract art

David Roytman's new art exhibit "Make Art Not War" will be shown at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

 David Roytman is seen by his artwork.

A Jewish library’s treasure surfaced at auction. How did it get there?

Along with its new digitized contents, the Jewish Museum in Moscow will not be without books, especially Russian and Yiddish tomes

These new Haggadah options will spice up your Passover Seder

Artists, comedy writers, a range of clergy and more have given the ancient text a modern spin in recent years.

A family celebrates the Passover Seder with other family members joining via Zoom, April 8, 2020.

Norman Golb, pioneering Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, dies at 92

Golb also headed a movement in the 1990s to allow increased scholarship of the scrolls, which had been restricted for decades.

A facsimile of the Isaiah Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, is displayed inside the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem September 26, 2011. Developed in partnership with Google, the Israel Museum on Monday launched its Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, allowing users to explore t