Private Practice
A group of intermarried Jewish women gather for Shabbat but pack away their identities
Sisters in Arms
Playing the defiant Vashti in a day school Purim play awakened my inner feminist
Schools of Thought
On Martin Luther King Day, remembering the advantages of a public-school—rather than Jewish day-school—education
Dyspeptic Academic
The stomach churning persistence of the Jewish day school experience
Ben-Gurion
The Dispossessed
Hugo Chávez is ramping up his assault on Venezuela’s upper class, and now a rare Jewish paradise is squarely in his sights. Can it be salvaged?
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.
