Going on a book tour just weeks after my father died, I learned how to walk in his shoes—literally

A year after the ‘cottage-cheese protests,’ Israel’s boutique cheese-makers face a busy Shavuot

Simple guidelines for making moms neurotic, from Marge Simpson’s favorite magazine, Fretful Mother

Lebanon’s Party of God is feeling heat from certain Shiites, who aren’t eager to serve as human shields again

John Travolta’s massages, ‘homosexual Jewish men’ in Hollywood, and the true nature of prejudice

From Hunger Games to the London Olympics, archery—a Lag B’Omer tradition and great girl-power sport—is hot

The born-again ABC show offers Kristin Chenoweth, camp, and TV that doesn’t require Talmudic analysis

Jewish voters are a reliable Democratic bloc. But the Republican Party established the first platform on Israel—and brought the Democrats along.

The French quasi-novel HHhH, by Laurent Binet, tells the tale of assassinated Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich while wondering whether it need be retold

Want to make your children hate books forever? Here are some tips to keep them from reading—or, for book-loving parents, pitfalls to avoid