A Zoom version of "Who Knows One?" fills the screen with connections to reach the mystery person. In this special Phish-themed episode, everyone brought on had to have gone to a Phish concert with the ...

We’ve all played the “Jewish geography” game — you know, questioning someone we’ve only just met in order to discover common Jewish connections, friends or even family. In doing so, we are mapping out ...

On vacation, our eyes come alive with new signs of Jewish life in the streets, shops, even in the faces and speech patterns of fellow travelers, Edmon J. Rodman writes. LOS ANGELES (JTA) — As the end ...

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is continuing its love affair with Jewish filmmakers with the 2020 Golden Globe nominees. We don’t expect that members of that outfit are particularly ...

This is the story of how a game taught a young, Black Jewish girl that she didn’t belong. The game is Jewish Geography. The young girl is me. Urban Dictionary defines the diasporic pastime of “Jewish ...

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: לְעוֹלָם יָדוּר אָדָם בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲפִילּוּ בְּעִיר שֶׁרוּבָּהּ גּוֹיִם, וְאַל יָדוּר בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ ...

Chances are — if you’re from Long Island, Westchester or a few towns in Jersey — you, like many, are your own little “Christopher Columbus” in regards to the map of Jewish geography. Whether you’re ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Maggie Wiebe/Daily. Buy this photo. A lot of my freshman year Welcome Week is now something of a ...

Many Jews have an ardor to identify other Jews. We turned into a game: “Jewish geography,” played whenever two Jews unknown to one another meet in a restaurant, on a cruise ship, and the synagogue.

JTA rounds up noteworthy items from the Web. Brooklyn’s Wal-Mart wannabe: A Hasidic entrepreneur whose Wise Buys store specializes in frum-friendly toys like Deal Spiel and Totty Mentschees action ...

What is the difference between a pit bull and a Jewish Mother? The pit bull eventually lets go. It’s an old joke, but one that speaks to the role of familial connections among Jews, which play a large ...