Louise Lawrence Israëls’ Story: “Being Free Means Eating Cookies”
17:30 23 May
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"My name is Louise Lawrence Israëls and I am a survivor of the Holocaust."...
Author: Sala Levin
Talk of the Table // Parsley, Celery and Cilantro, Oh My!
The Passover seder is one of Judaism’s most simultaneously stable and mutable traditions: There are universally agreed-upon aspects of the ritual (the four questions, the bitter herb, the four cups of wine), and yet there are many variations...
Dietary Restrictions Bring Jewish and Muslim Students Together
16:23 03 March
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by Andrew Michaels For students with religious dietary obligations, be they kosher, halal, or religious vegetarians, going to college can be difficult. Most schools require students to purchase a meal plan (though some allow for students to opt out for religious reasons), and plans often either...
A Granddaughter’s Shocking Discovery
12:06 28 December
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by Emily Shwake Rita Gabis comes from two identities: Eastern European Jews and Lithuanian Catholics. For much of Gabis’s life, these two families stayed separate. It wasn’t until after her maternal grandfather died that she learned what part of his past created that barrier. In A...
Of Song Sheets and Latkes
"Why does the mother persist with the song sheets and the records? No one knows the answer. But still, she passes them out, and still they groan, and in the meantime, the songs work their way into the brain circuitry of the children." ...
A New Lens on the Holocaust
by Emily Shwake No matter how much you think you know about the Holocaust, Timothy Snyder’s new book Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning threatens to dismantle the entire infrastructure of research on the topic. At a lecture he gave last month at the...
At 25, A Jewish Theater’s New Chapter
16:58 04 November
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After facing controversy, Washington DC's Theater J has a new leader....
Matisyahu Shakes Off the Dust with New Album
13:17 26 October
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This month’s release of Live at Stubb’s Vol. III marks 10 years in the limelight for Matisyahu, the American Jewish reggae rapping sensation. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing for the man his fans commonly refer to as Matis....
“Faith Ed” Tackles Religion in the Classroom
15:56 25 October
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by Laura Davis In March of 2014, during a meeting at her synagogue in Lexington, Massachusetts, Linda K. Wertheimer heard about some disturbing incidents of anti-Semitism in the neighboring town of Bedford. Swastikas had been painted on playground equipment, and small children were playing a game they called...
Nostra Aetate at 50: Jewish Art, Christian Conscience
This year’s Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference includes an exhibition of the work of Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk. A contemporary of Chagall, Szyk was largely forgotten in the decades immediately following WWII, but may now be ideally positioned to serve as bridge for continuing Jewish-Christian...