For thousands of years, it's been the center of Jewish life in Rome. The Great Synagogue is a must-see for tourists. The restaurants are some of the best in the city.One has only to look up to see ...

Here’s a look at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s life. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1927 Death date: December 31, 2022 Birth place: Marktl am Inn, Germany Birth name: Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger Father: ...

Fukuda-san is perfectly bald, with a luxuriant mustache. His work has been described as “kind of British,” which means he ...

Rome, January 8 - Pope Francis' visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome on January 17 speaks to peace in the face of extremism, Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni told ANSA in an interview Friday.

Conference of Presidents CEO William Daroff notes some leaders unhappy with Gaza plan, but glad of close ties; says ...

On the 49-year-old’s flight was the esteemed Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Italy’s unofficial national symphony, flying from Rome to Paris for the start of its ...

I debated Abdullah al Andalusi from the Muslim Debate Initiative at Manchester University (UK) on the subject of “Is Anti ...

In a Commonwealth Census some decades ago a mysterious entry appeared in the “religious observance” category. In the small ...

In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...

The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.