A Jewish Life
Talking Jewish With Deborah Tannen
It was Thanksgiving 1978 in Berkeley. Some guests brought cranberry sauce, some brought sweet potato pie; Deborah Tannen—who was analyzing conversations...
Mayim Bialik Goes Vegan
Mayim Bialik is speaking out about the benefits of a meat-free diet in a new ad for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)....
A Measured Feast
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
Contemporary poetry on Jewish religious subjects is rare in America outside the pages of specialized Jewish publications. Thus, Peg Duthie’s delightful new collection...
Arabian Nights, Jewish Dreams
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
Janice Weizman’s The Wayward Moonmarks a refreshing departure in the Jewish historical novel, which is all too prone to focus on a limited...
But Can You Do Israeli Folk Dance To It?
by Daniela Enriquez
As the men entered in capsule-shaped cubicles, images started to appear across the entirety of the stage-wide screen—all present felt transplanted to a...
Can Politics Stay Off the Field?
By Rebecca Borison
For 15 minutes, a group of boys lived their dream. These boys met their idols and played soccer during the half-time break of...
A Pioneer of Jewish Music
By Rebecca Borison
Born in Odessa in 1879, Jacob Weinberg was a talented and prolific Jewish composer, who sought to preserve and promote his Jewish heritage...
The New Gene Cuisine
In Genesis, Jacob asks his father-in-law, Laban, to compensate him for 14 years of unpaid labor. His request is strange: all the speckled and spotted...
No Gaga Here: Extreme Summer Camps in the Middle East
By Rebecca Borison
While I grew up at a Jewish summer camp playing Gaga, kids growing up in slightly (read: very) different areas than me are...
The Other Jewish Comics
by Kelley Kidd
With the new influx of superheroes and comic book characters into film, what was formerly a somewhat niche genre has become mainstream. On...
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (The Great Gatsby Edition)
Been on the Internet today? My guess is yes. In that case, you've probably seen the trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby....
Remembering Sholom Aleichem
by Kara A. Kaufman
It’s not every day that you see your own photograph in a newspaper, much less a Russian publication printed halfway around the...