Today, these villages present a prosperous face to visitors, with historic buildings in the center of each town and newer houses with steep roofs on the periphery.

​In Vermont, the pace and attitudes are relaxed. One congregation uses Lake Champlain as a mikvah; another celebrates Rosh Hashanah with a tashlich ceremony in kayaks.

Archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem periodically alter our view of the past, while new sights add experiences to the city’s already crowded palette.

Some say the coastal city of Kochi's Jewish community dates back to the days of King Solomon.

Visitors will be amazed by the hundreds of new residents who arrive each month and the institutions that hum with Jewish cultural life in our capital city.

There were many extraordinary sights on our trip through Southeast Asia, but what moved us the most were the personal connections, especially the unexpected Jewish ones.

With its emergence in the mid-19th century, Argentina’s Jewish community was the first reincarnation of Castillian-speaking Jewry since the Spanish expulsion in 1492.

Getting lost amid the dense, shadowy network of Venice's canals, alleyways, bridges and plazas is the stuff of romance.