Is ‘Dirty Dancing’ the Most Jewish Film Ever?
The women of the film, out of the corner, a generation later
Home Away From Home
A new documentary chronicles the end of the road for Holocaust survivors’ Catskills bungalow colony
Bernie Madoff, Bad for More Jews
Original investors were Ruth’s parents’ friends, says New York
Peaks of Perfection
An Austrian museum mounts an exhibition on the Jewish love affair with the Alps
Ben-Gurion
The Tenth Man
The key to Christopher Hitchens wasn’t his iconoclasm; it was his desire for belonging—and the proof can be found in an unexpected place
Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
