How YMHAs, followed by synagogue-centers, and finally JCCs have tried—in different ways—to balance Judaism and Jewishness, by bringing Jews together in intellectual, spiritual, and physical pursuits

A reading list reflecting the environmentalist values of this underappreciated holiday

Ep. 165: Director Scott Ellis on working on ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ and Pittsburgh matchmaker Tova Weinberg on what men and women really want

The roots and legacy of Iranian resentment of the West, part of a weeklong look at 40 years of the revolution

Face to face with the challenges of living a double life under the Iranian theocracy

The PLO’s greatest single contribution to the Iranian Revolution was the formation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, but the Palestinian leader’s involvement with Iran didn’t end there

In the 40 years after the Iranian Revolution, some women memoirists came to see obedience as the opposite of goodness

As Norman Podhoretz turns 89 today, he looks back on the long journey from Brooklyn to Manhattan

How Jewish musicians preserved—and are now saving—Persian music