September/October 2023

A child of Holocaust survivors embarks on a weeklong ‘dual narrative’ expedition in Israel offered by MEJDI Tours.

Rita Plush learned to recite Kaddish after her mother died. Then she lost her spouse and two of her three kids. Grief-stricken, she found comfort in learning.

Every 11 seconds, an older adult is treated in the emergency room for a fall. 'There is almost always an underlying reason,' says Dr. Mike Cirigliano.

Israel’s Yom Kippur War victory was far from certain.

A new digital collection catalogs the writings of the distinguished Jewish benefactor who is the great-great-great-great aunt of the modern-day Rebecca Gratz.

Bees are facing an existential struggle against threats caused by climate change. Through high-tech hive innovation, BeeHomes have reduced bee mortality by 80 percent.

Constructed in 1833, the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas ‘takes your breath away,’ says Rabbi Julia Margolis. 'This place is going to thrive.’

Award-winning author James McBride's new murder mystery takes place in “Chicken Hill,” a historically Black and Jewish town.

In this spiritual roundup, take your pick from a rabbi's cornucopia of scholarly musings to Israeli journalist Sivan Rahav-Meir's book that takes readers through the Jewish year.

Dina Kraft shares her experiencing collecting Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar’s memories for her new memoir, ‘My Friend Anne Frank.’

Family is front and center in Adam Sandler’s new film, a rather heimish preteen comedy.

American Jewry followed Golda loyally, did what she asked of them and embraced her in a way that many Israelis would not, Deborah Lipstadt writes.

Influential Israeli journalist David Horovitz is deeply worried about the "well-being of this country that I love."

Sussman's new 'Shabbat' cookbook reinforces how formative Friday night dinner was, and continues to be, to Jewish identity.

We're tickled pink at the overwhelmingly positive response to our Barbie cover, which featured Ruth Handler with four of her vintage dolls.