(JTA) — Two leaders of Lev Tahor, a fundamentalist Jewish sect, were found guilty on Wednesday of kidnapping and child sexual exploitation crimes by a federal jury in White Plains, New York.

(JTA) — Two tiny sects with Jewish roots have been dragged into yet another diplomatic fight between Russia and Ukraine. The few hundred Karaites who remain in Ukraine today are remnants of a ...

In the first century of our era there were many sects and schools in Jewish society. We hear about the Essenes, of course, the Jews of Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls, who separated themselves from ...

Discover the fascinating history of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the mystery surrounding their authorship. This video dives into the evidence that points to the community at Qumran and explores the ...

Roth is a part of Neturei Karta, a Haredi sect that takes an anti-Zionist stance — meaning the group doesn’t believe in the concept of a Jewish state of Israel. Haredim (the plural of Haredi ...

Yoel Alter, one of the leaders of the Lev Tahor Jewish sect, which has been accused of child abuse and human trafficking in ...

This column originally appeared in October 2015. — In I Thessalonians 5:18 we read, “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for ...

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.

Authorities in Guatemala resist efforts by a Jewish sect to recapture 160 children rescued from its premises. Members of the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Jewish faiths blessed the gritters at a ...