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Frieda Vizel left her ultra-orthodox lifestyle in a crisis of faith at 25 but instead of cutting ties she became a tour guide ...
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Jewish Food Is Making a Comeback in Poland
Jewish food, and especially Ashkenazic Jewish food, is slowly but steadily returning to the country, where many of the dishes ...
French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.
Jewish summer camp is a beloved tradition. But 'The Floaters,' a nostalgic movie about it, fits strangely in a moment of ...
The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee was formed in the USSR in 1942 to solicit international Jewish support for the forces ...
Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the ...
A Yiddish translation of “Arabian Nights” sounds like the set-up to a Borscht Belt joke. Yet, as a recent finalist for a ...
New report from the Jewish People Policy Institute highlights the existential threats facing Israel Studies in American ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the ...
Ohr Torah Stone President and Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Kenneth Brander responded that Owens’ accusation was “entirely false, ...
Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her parents to her husband. But there are creative ways to reflect gender equality ...
Israeli society’s longstanding reliance on American Jews for social, financial, and spiritual support is on shaky ground.