Opinion: Two new 'holidays' are gradually making their way into the Hebrew calendar: Halloween (holy to whom, exactly?) and Christmas, which this year comes just after Hanukkah

They were discovered on the walls of a secret passage inside the building that once connected the Warsaw Ghetto to the city’s so-called 'Aryan' side; children were smuggled out of the ghetto through this passage and saved

Baron served in Britain’s wartime codebreaking unit under strict secrecy, operating early Enigma decoding machines; she was later honored by the British and French governments for her contribution

Maimonides set rules for identifying the Messiah, but history had other plans: from Sabbatai Zevi to the Six-Day War, messianic waves shook Jewish life; some still await the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s return; we trace the story of Jewish messianism, past and present

Sex and marriage guides in the Haredi world lay bare tensions between Hasidim and Lithuanians, from a rebbe’s rebuke of those who 'enjoy life' to oral strictures and how stringency can foster women’s pride

Five months after a verbal assault on two Jewish boys at Charles de Gaulle Airport, online sleuths tracked a suspect via social media; children’s parents are calling for Franco-British cooperation to bring him to justice