Just as acronyms serve modern convenience, they also hold a unique place in Jewish history and culture, where many family names actually derive from meaningful acronyms. These surnames serve as more t ...

Jezebel is also seen as wicked in the Jewish tradition, but she is far more prominent as a symbol in evangelical discourse today, representing feminism, sexual promiscuity, and moral decay.

Cupids often are represented holding cups and associated with Dionysus, the god of the grape harvest, Goodenough explained in “Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period.” The suggestion is that ...

The Star of David, a Jewish national symbol in the shape of a hexagon, was adopted by the Zionist movement before the occupation of Palestine and is now featured on the Israeli flag. Photographs ...