A Jewish upbringing had its fears and its control issues and I was never allowed to keep a dime I earned. It was taken right ...

Experts are hopeful that a potential new Israeli government will be more open to restarting talks with its neighbors. Work on ...

Soundtrack 250 does indeed “tell the truth through sound.” My biggest takeaway of all is seeing unlikely partners working ...

Achieving grease in the Middle East.

How yellow the light is, coming out / Of the branches when the last owl / Climbs off like a wind that drops / Morning from the light.

Note: Yehiel De–Nur, also known by his pen name Ka-Tzetnik 135633, died on July 17, 2001. This summer was the 25th anniversary of his death. This personal memoir is meant for that occasion. There’s a ...

As a girl, before I had ever even heard of feminism, I believed that we women behind the mechitzah were superior to the men because our God was more abstract. Prayer in the women’s section was much ...

It’s tempting to stare at the mess that is today’s Republican Party, gawk at the lurid circus on the fringes of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement and conclude that this too shall pass. Nearly every ...

When asked to think of a Jewish Broadway star, chances are a theater fan will name Barbra Streisand, who gained recognition for originating the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway and later ...

On a Sunday afternoon in November 1952, somewhere in the middle of the CBS schedule, a host with a transatlantic accent and a tweed jacket sat down in front of a camera and introduced 90 minutes of ...

Loud and colorful artworks fill the four walls of the second-floor exhibition room at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in Manhattan. Filled with hypnotic visuals and Jewish humor, these limited ...

This February, long-shot Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback campaigned in front of a group of supporters at the University of Central Florida, promising to promote healthier alternatives ...