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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Karaites

Illustrative: This picture taken on December 2, 2023, shows a view of the interior of the newly restored 19th century Jewish synagogue of Ben Ezra in Coptic Cairo. (Photo by Amir MAKAR / AFP)
August 17, 2024, 7:44 am
Study of Cairo’s synagogues reveals an Egyptian Jewish ‘Golden Age’ abruptly ended
In ‘Sacred Places Tell Tales,’ Ben-Gurion University Prof. Yoram Meital examines the modern history of Cairo’s Jews and its thriving pre-1948 community
By Gavriel Fiske
Bruce Brill examines barley in Jerusalem, Israel on March 22, 2023. (Canaan Lidor)
April 5, 2023, 10:40 am
As Karaites undergo a resurgence, why is their Passover different from all others?
An ancient stream of Judaism whose members distrust rabbinical authority, Karaism is seen growing in popularity among skeptical Israelis
By Canaan Lidor
US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina, March 28, 2023, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
March 29, 2023, 1:59 pm
Daily Briefing March 29: Biden and Netanyahu at odds, deepening US-Israel discord
US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses the US president vs the PM on judicial reform as religion and Diaspora affairs reporter Canaan Lidor looks at protests and a Karaite Passover
By ToI Staff
The Karaite cemetery in Jerusalem, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
March 7, 2019, 5:01 pm
Tiny Jewish sect protests controversial Jerusalem cable car project
Planned Old City tourist attraction draws further criticism as Karaites warn construction is insult to community’s ancient cemetery
By Ilan Ben Zion
Bill Slott
March 11, 2018, 2:36 pm
Bill Slott
Are Karaites more Jewish than Jews?
If Moses arrived in a time machine, he’d surely recognize more Karaite practices than rabbinic ones
It is a custom among Karaite Jews to pray kneeling on the ground, as seen here in the sanctuary of Congregation B’nai Israel in Daly City, California. (Courtesy of Karaite Jews of America via JTA)
February 26, 2017, 5:39 am
Near San Francisco, Karaite Jews keep an ancient movement alive
After fleeing its center in Egypt in the last century, a shrunken community that once competed with rabbinic Judaism is looking for ways to endure in America
By David A.M. Wilensky
Michael Chernick
September 16, 2016, 4:06 pm
Michael Chernick
The season of our guilt or joy?
Treat Rosh Hashanah as the day when friends who have lost touch renew their friendship for a better future together
Illustrative: Karaite Jews pray during the holiday of 'Simchat Beit Hashoeva' in the La'Alub synagogue in Meah Shearim on October 18, 2011. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
January 28, 2016, 4:40 pm
Karaite Jews unanimously re-elect chief rabbi
Movement has approximately 40,000 followers, who follow only Torah laws and reject oral traditions like the Mishnah and Talmud
By Melanie Lidman
A Karaite house of worship in Yevpatoria in Crimea (Wikimedia Commons/JTA)
May 7, 2014, 2:48 pm
Crimean Karaites hail Russian takeover
800-strong quasi-Jewish minority hopes Moscow rule over peninsula will help preserve its centuries-old culture
By Clément ZAMPA
A Karaite house of worship in Yevpatoria in Crimea (Wikimedia Commons/JTA)
March 28, 2014, 3:02 am
Crimea’s Karaites give ‘complex’ welcome to Russia
With Crimean roots since 1278, the 800-strong community distances itself from Jews, a move which saved it during the Holocaust
By Talia Lavin
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