A teen leader of a high school cultural club discovers how food, language and tradition can connect communities.
The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta Elkayam stands at the front of the room and sings. Usually in the ...
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What Dr. Robby’s Jewish star on ‘The Pitt’ teaches me

With 'the Surge' of Jews who doubled down on Jewish life after October 7th, I saw why opting out of Judaism doesn't quite ...
But, you see, the “best Jewish movie” is not necessarily the “most Jewish movie.” That’s because there has been a glut of ...
Like many minority groups, Jews have always created ways of adapting to the societies in which they live, but whose culture they do not totally share. And one thing that means is a collection of ...
(RNS) — My late father’s favorite expression was “no ifs, ands or buts.” It was his old-fashioned way of taking his personal stand against equivocation, against the verbal gymnastics that soften ...
Charlie Kirk’s views on Jews paint a contradictory picture. The conservative activist, who was killed on Wednesday, was a proponent of Christian nationalism, though he rejected the label, instead ...
Yet this framing itself is mistaken. God did not ask the Jewish people to choose between faithfulness and responsibility, ...
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman writes “when approached thoughtfully, Christmas can function as a once-a-year invitation for Jews to rest, reset, soften our emotional guard, and rediscover our own ...
As the Trump administration emulates authoritarian fascist regimes throughout history: flouting constitutional law, illegally deporting people, targeting marginalized groups as well as anyone who ...
If a swastika on a wall provokes outrage while an interfaith wedding invites applause, our moral compass is dangerously off ...