As Catholic cardinals gather for a conclave to elect the next pope, we must all ask: Why are they all wearing red yarmulkes?

On Borgo Pio, the cobblestoned street just outside the Vatican, shops are full of clerical clothing. But one tailor is ...

The Torah's association of tzara'at with spiritual failings serves as a cautionary tale against evil words. We must remain ...

With less than a week to go before the conclave to elect a new pope, Rome's best-known clerical tailors have not received ...

There were many biblical words that translators and commentators mistranslated. Tzaraat was one of the many. It is mentioned in the 13th chapter of the fourth biblical portion of Leviticus, Tazri’a 12 ...

Hebrew priest prostrates himself before the Ark of the Covenant, which holds the Ten Commandment clay tablets. Illustration published 1836. Copyright expired; artwork ...

In some of them, he even proclaims so in public. But the chief priests of the ancient Jewish temple at Jerusalem see Jesus as a charismatic and popular Jewish preacher who challenges their authority.

By the time he reached his twenties, he went to Rome and helped argue for the freedom of Jewish priests, impressing Roman officials. During the Jewish-Roman War in 66-73 AD, Josephus commanded troops ...

An Illinois man has been charged in the violent hate crime attack on two Jewish students at DePaul University last year. Adam Erkan, 20, is facing four felony charges, including two counts of hate ...

Good Friday is the day when the Romans condemned Jesus Christ to death, at the instigation of the Jewish priests and Pharisees. As a sign of sadness and mourning, church bells are not rung on Good ...

A Hebrew priest pours oil into one of seven oil lamps for the Golden Menorah. Exodus 25:31-40. Religious symbolism, such as seven is the number of God; God is the ...