Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Though some believe Christmas is embodied by a jolly man in a red and white suit, others steer toward more religious ...

The name “Jesus” is a late arrival; the man from Nazareth did not hear it in his own village. In first-century Galilee, identity was more a function of sound than writing. The economy of sound ...

If it were not for the Fall and the banishing of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, there would have been no need for a ...

On Monday, the prosecution is expected to do a short round of rebuttal questioning and then they will call the trial’s second witness, former Walla chief editor Aviram Elad. The testimony of former ...

Elovitch’s sale of Yad2 earned him around NIS 800 million of the NIS 1.8 billion that the state has said were part of the bribery scheme. Former Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua admitted on Tuesday before the ...

Slate’s archives are full of fascinating stories. For Easter this year, we’re republishing this story from Dec. 24, 2008. Was Jesus in fact a common name back when he was alive? Bonus Explainer: What ...

Richard Zimler’s latest novel stakes a claim to a ‘charismatic’ Jewish teacher and offers a different kind of gospel. Among the many gifted American-Jewish writers, Richard Zimler is singular: He has ...