Dr. Moshe Marzouk, for example, was a Karaite executed by the Egyptian government in the 1950’s for working with Mossad. Today’s Karaite Jews live in Israel as average Israelis.

Karaite Jews prepare for Succot with a lemon twist 300 people are expected to attend holiday services at the ancient Karaite synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City.

Karaite Jews have embraced some Rabbanite traditions, such as b’nai mitzvah, while rejecting others, such as celebrating Hanukkah (which marks events that occurred 1,000 years after those ...

("Karaite" is a form of the Hebrew word "karaim," or "followers of Scripture.") She joined the Karaite community in the San Francisco Bay area, which by some estimates includes more than 200 families.

Karaite Jews have a history that brought them back to Egypt about 550 B.C. following their departure from Egypt in about 1,600 B.C. described in the book of Exodus in the Old Testament.

The Karaite branch of Judaism regards only the Tanach (“The Old Testament”) as divinely given, while the Oral Law (The Talmud) in their view is merely the work of wise men.

While the Karaite movement today are estimated to have just a few thousand members, there are scholars who estimate that in the 9th and 10th centuries up to 40% of Jewry were members of the ...

A Karaite dictionary of the Bible, yielded up by the basement of a synagogue in Jerusalem after lying forgotten for 800 years, has been published by the Yale University Press and has already shed ...

In the Bay Area, where few Rabbanite Jews are aware of Karaite Judaism, the relationship is cordial, though not always close on an institutional level. But on a personal level, many Karaite Jews ...

In Crimea, a Karaite community carries on, and welcomes Russia Crimean Karaites consider the Torah their holy text, yet they do not identify as Jews. Advertisement By Talia Lavin March 26, 2014 5: ...