Baruch Spinoza, born Bento de Spinoza in 1632 in Amsterdam, is one of the most radical philosophers in the West. He was a Dutch philosopher of Portugu.

Exiled Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had fled to Italy translated Hebrew bible into their common language ...

Judaism, for me, was alive rather than primarily theological. Faith was a private conversation, not an institution. Community and responsibility for Israeli society shaped my belonging long before I ...

The 2,100-year-old artifact, seven meters long, can be viewed at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem; only 25 people at a time allowed into climate-controlled room ...