Rabbis often attend a bris and a funeral on the same day. For a rabbi who is expecting, witnessing the full range of the cycle

Many institutions of Jewish arts and culture are going through a metamorphosis, changing their exhibitions—even their buildings—to attract newer and broader audiences. One evening last

Who says fried food is bad for you? Truth be told, pretty much everyone. Even diets preaching everything in moderation do not leave much room

Thousands of men and women who claim descent from forced converts have set out on an emotional odyssey to regain their families’ original faith—Judaism. Growing

Where have all the Ethiopian youth gone? To their homes away from home, where they move to the rhythm of rap and reggae and enjoy

Shulamit, a biblical scholar from England—and the central figure in Tamar Yellin’s novel The Genizah at the House of Shepher—returns to her grandparents’ home in

A RIFF OF COLTRANE FLOATS OUT OF A JAZZ CLUB AND OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN; across town, modern dancers spin on the stage; and elsewhere a