In 'Zhen Yu and the Snake,' author Erica Lyons adapts a well-known story about Rabbi Akiva's daughter while also highlighting China's rich Jewish history

Despite decades of grassroots work, a community descended from Jews forced into hiding during the Spanish Inquisition fights an uphill battle against local religious bureaucracy

NGO Shavei Israel says 1 Jewish victim has been killed, over 1,000 displaced, and 2 synagogues burned as houses and businesses of the minority Kuki tribe are razed

With a planned $5 million renovation set to be complete in 2024, a young contingent is revitalizing the century-old congregation and renewing Jewish life in the urban center

After Florence Wangiju and her family struggled through a labyrinthine conversion process, Nairobi's tiny congregation took years to fully accept them, then grew closer than ever

A stone's throw from Sin City, nearly 40% of the area's 70,000 Jews have built a complete religious infrastructure - and their numbers are still growing exponentially

An extravagant new building has quadrupled one congregation's visitors, but many of the wealthy principality's 2,000 Jews feel just as comfortable in the more modest Chabad house

Built as house of prayer for kosher butchers in 1909, structure passed through Nazi and KGB hands and has been a JCC since 1991 -- but may not survive new construction project