On Thursday Lehigh University's Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies welcomed Ted Merwin, associate professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Dickinson College, to lead a discussion on ...
The Israel Museum's collection of clothing from around the Jewish world will be on display in the U.S. for the first time. JERUSALEM (JTA) — When the Israel Museum put a burka-style garment on display ...
JTA — When the Israel Museum put a burka-style garment on display in an exhibition on Jewish clothing, some visitors were confused: What does a full-body cloak associated with Islam have to do with ...
Scottish Rabbi Mendel Jacobs talks about his effort to create the first kosher Scottish-Jewish tartan, which is traditional Scottish cloth. Here's a headline we did not expect to read this week - ...
Last month, Andreas Valentin, a 66-year-old professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, traveled more than 6,000 miles from Brazil to Berlin to participate in a restitution ceremony, of sorts ...
This past Sabbath we read the Torah portion about sacred clothing that would distinguish the priests, particularly the High Priest, in their sacred duties. I was also interviewed last week by Tamar ...
In Poland, it used to be that you didn’t wear your Jewish identity on your sleeve. But things have changed. Today, thanks to Jewish sartorial entrepreneur Antonina Samecka, the country’s most fashion ...
Fashion designer John Galliano, already notorious for an anti-Semitic outburst, has caused upset yet again, being spotted in New York Tuesday in an outfit that mimicked Hasidic Jewish clothing.