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. ...

by Laura Davis In March of 2014, during a meeting at her synagogue in Lexington, Massachusetts, Linda K. Wertheimer heard

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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 dialogue on the Holocaust and ...

by Laura Davis and Emily Shwake Since the original outbreak of fighting in March of 2011, nearly 4 million Syrians

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In Labyrinth of Lies, a young lawyer decides to prosecute Nazi soldiers nearly 20 years after the end of World War II. Moment speaks with the film's director about how the trials changed present-day Germany. ...

by Emily Shwake Pope Francis’s visit to the United States has been met largely with adulation from both Catholic and

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Julian Bond, former chairman of the NAACP and civil rights leader, died Saturday at age 75. In May, Bond appeared

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Prison reform is having a legislative moment — a step in the right direction, Jewish organizations say. ...

by Amara McLaughlin Issues of faith and morality in policy-making are at the forefront of the 2016 U.S. presidential race.

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by Amara McLaughlin Five years before Vanity Fair unveiled Caitlyn Jenner on their front cover, Joy Ladin’s story made headlines

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by Howard R. Wolf When, in 1978, I sent my brother–who has lived in Portugal for more than 40 years–a

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by Sophie Lavine In the spring of 2013, our family of four broke from our usual Passover routine and spent

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