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In his new memoir, “Theater Kid,” award-winning producer Jeffery Seller — a self-described "poor, adopted Jewish gay kid" — ...
Tisha B'av, which begins Saturday night, commemorates catastrophes that have befallen Jews. But this year, we are victimizers ...
I don’t easily pass the “Jew test”. I didn’t attend a Jewish school or youth group. I don’t speak Hebrew or Yiddish. I live a ...
Islamic Republic has increased convictions and executions of minorities, including Iranian Jews, a report by the US ...
There is a calendar match-up between the seven days of Pesach and most of the rest of the calendar, using At-Bash – an alphabetical scheme which matches alef with tav, bet with shin, gimel with reish, ...
( JTA) — Jon Stewart hosted writer Peter Beinart on “The Daily Show” Monday night, for a conversation in which the two Jewish ...
Iran was once a modern nation and an ally of the Jewish people. But since the Islamic Revolution, it has been radicalized, leaving its own citizens oppressed and the region destabilized.
Austin Albanese grew up in Lancaster, Ohio, after B’nai Israel, the only synagogue, closed. It sparked questions that led to ...
Suzanna Murawski on “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” at the Jewish Museum, New York.