A 10-year-old found a golden cross while on a class field trip to the village of Ein Karem village in Jerusalem, Israel. The medallion is believed to be 100 to 200 years old.

Antiochus outlawed the Jewish faith and mandated the worship of Greek gods. Some scholars think he believed that establishing one common religion might unify his fractured empire, but his brutal ...

For decades, Americans United for Separation of Church and State called its adversaries “religious extremists.” Today, the group has a more specific target: fighting Christian nationalism.

Perhaps even more importantly, in both cases, Joseph’s garments were also symbols of status. The same phrase used in our Torah portion for the ornamented garment, ketonet passim, is also used in II ...

In Hinduism, pratika means religious symbols. The maximum use of the pratikas is found in the Vedic and post-Vedic Hindu religion literature. Every sentiment, every ideal, every institution associated ...

Hanukkah is one of the most popular Jewish religious observances but has different dates each year. While Christians celebrate Christmas every year on Dec. 25, Jews can celebrate Hanukkah as early ...

in continuity with the Jewish Scriptures of the Second Temple period, a reading analogous to the Christian reading, which developed in parallel fashion” (no. 22). It adds that Christians can ...

The title would lead one to expect a scientific analysis and classification of ancient signs and symbols, as well as a digest of the religious doctrines from the eschatology of the ancient Egyptians.

The Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Orthodox Judaism is known for its eagerness to engage with the broader Jewish community by opening religious centers and establishing presences throughout the world.

New research has found a turtle might be the oldest religious symbol to be worshiped by a society in the Middle East. In Manot Cave in Western Galilee, Israel, researchers have found evidence of ...

The event should have been unremarkable, except for one detail — baby Jesus, a Jew, was lying on a keffiyeh, the scarf used as a national symbol ... the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding ...