Witches and warlocks—and curious outsiders—gather in Salem to share a wordless meal
The battle for the soul of a novelist, at Etz Hayyim Synagogue in Crete’s old Venetian port town of Chania
Jules Feiffer’s American Follies: The goblins are coming
It’s Halloween. Kids want to be scared. And there is a gaping, bloody hole in the canon.
How theremin virtuosa Clara Rockmore’s life and loves shaped her eerie music
A Jewish literary mystery for Halloween
Be prepared, believe in evil, and carry a big gun
Spooky, scary! Boys becoming men, men becoming wolves!
Tablet en Español: Envidioso de los niños geniales de la TV norteamericana, armé mi propia festividad
Envious of the cool kids on American TV, I fashioned my own holiday
How did a holiday that once seemed like a bit of harmless fun turn into a source of conflict for many American Jews?
Rokhl’s Golden City: Yiddish vampires, Jewish Magic, Frankenstein, and ‘all those other impotent gods’
Today on Jewcy: We present to you, four purrfect TV lady looks.
Bookworm: Gustav Meyrink’s 1914 novel is a spectacle of horror and backhanded anti-Semitism. What’s there to be afraid of?
Growing up, my family ignored Halloween because of its religious origins. Now, it fits right in with who I am.
A recent controversy over potentially offensive Halloween costumes at the Ivy League campus makes me ask: Where are the adults?
My father taught me that a Jew waits. And so I wait, out here in the pumpkin patch.
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