Magical Thinking

For a boy with little exposure to religion, the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons led to a spiritual awakening—that the supernatural may not be the same as the divine

Bound for Glory

Harry Houdini exhibited two very different public faces—master of escape and anti-mystical firebrand—that were united by his Jewishness

The Ventriloquist

How a latter-day vaudevillian from Kansas City got himself to speak perfect Yiddish

Under a Spell

The long history of Jews and the occult