As modern Jews, our sacred task is to meaningfully ... which was brought by all in equal quantities, a half-shekel.” Like so much of life, values in tension are where the rubber really meets ...

Hiscox UK transitions to SPNS's insurance platform, boosting efficiency. Yet, currency headwinds raise concerns.

Coin weights were the pocket-sized guardians of fair trade. Before modern banking, coin weights ensured fair transactions and ...

In Parshat Shekalim, we recall that our ancestors were asked to contribute half of a Biblical shekel to meet the needs ... she has been teaching Bible and Modern Midrash from a feminist ...

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality. The segmentation ...

Experts talk to JNS about Israel's suspension of humanitarian aid in Gaza, how it is viewed by international law and the moral premise that underpins it.The post Israel imposed a ...

Any digital shekel (DS) would be multipurpose - retail and wholesale - and available to the entire public, including children, foreigners (including tourists), all types of businesses, public ...