An Orthodox musician’s unorthodox music

David Gelernter, a computer scientist and observant Jew, wants his co-religionists to get holy

Stephen P. Cohen weighs in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

A new documentary chronicles the end of the road for Holocaust survivors’ Catskills bungalow colony

Boxer Yuri Foreman is about to fight for the middleweight title. He’s also studying to be a rabbi.

Alicia Jo Rabins writes indie rock ballads about biblical bad girls

Author Benjamin Moser explores the enigmatic life of Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector

Freud and his theories on the inheritance of Jewishness

From the archives: How a poet made the transition from man to woman

David Lehman, author of ‘A Fine Romance,’ offers insights into the American songbook

Meet the first-generation Jews of Ghana

Francine Prose on Anne Frank’s overlooked abilities as a writer

One woman’s final step to conversion

Parsing right and wrong with political philosopher Michael Sandel

Learning about the shofar, then trying to play one