In her new book, Rabbi Julia Watts Belser, a disability activist and scholar, takes a ‘revelatory and revolutionary’ look at everything from the story of Moses to the value of Shabbat
Why there was no dancing at my bat mitzvah
In the annals of crime in New York City no one was feared more than Louis ‘Lepke’ Buchalter, who ordered the murders of dozens of men
A monthly audio series celebrating Jewish material culture, makers, and more, hosted by Stephanie Butnick and Tanya Singer
A new translation of Itzik Manger’s 1939 Yiddish novel illustrates the author’s connection to Jewish folklore
Why do we ask people on the street to share personal tales with strangers? To heal the world.
Poetry and music to start the new year
Shelsky’s in Brooklyn isn’t just where I buy Jewish food. It’s where my whole family connects to our shared identity.
‘Orthobros’ are drawing converts to Orthodox Christianity on social media, but their version of the religion doesn’t mesh with what the faith’s ordained priests are offering
Even though in-person services have resumed, synagogues across the country say remote options are here to stay
A new exhibit captures the ‘modern-ish’ poetry and art of Yonia Fain
Checking out today’s Borscht Belt—kosher food included—on our journey Across the JEW.S.A
As I came to embrace my Ukrainian heritage, I tried to find out what really happened to my great-grandfather in Kyiv during WWII. A collection of old letters finally offered some clues.
Over the past century, different pedagogical theories have transformed classrooms and teaching methods
During the month of Elul, keeping alive a women’s folk tradition around the dead
A roundtable with ‘baal teshuvah’ Jews—who grew up non-Orthodox but later chose Orthodoxy—about why they started their journeys, what they had to leave behind, and which aspects of religious life they love the most
An unlikely book opened a window into my grandmothers’ lives in Hungary before they were murdered in the Holocaust
To avoid a painful divorce, advice from a classic work of pop psychology
