Filled with menorahs, bracelets and word paintings, this museum that reinvigorated an eminent Jewish home becomes a vivid homage to both past and present. ...
“I really believe that food makes us open up something we wouldn’t open otherwise, just like with poetry or music.” ...
Jewish law—and lore—reflects many attitudes. ...
A new UC Berkeley exhibition examines the importance of water in Jewish life through paintings, carvings, and containers. ...
Whether or not you view the pizza bagel as deeply ingrained in our cultural consciousness, the pizza bagel’s origin story is a mess of competing claims. ...
In February 2025, 54 percent of Arab citizens of Israel showed symptoms of PTSD and 90 percent of those needing care had not received it. ...
YIVO’s current exhibitions carry visitors back to a lost world through displays of the art, artifacts and accoutrements that formed the essence of Eastern European Jewish life. ...
In 2075, people will have learned to live together, to respect each other despite differences in opinion, religion and ethnicity. ...
A reclusive woman in Jerusalem is saddled with her neighbor’s dog in the midst of an unexpected war. ...
In Łódź during World War II, a wealthy factory owner hopes that his wealth and connections will enable him to avoid the fate of his fellow Jews. ...
When an Israeli couple hire a down-on-his-luck friend to paint their apartment, he creates a mural that has an inexplicable hold on those who see it. ...
Two sisters navigate the death of their mother and a years-long estrangement with their father in this Moment-Karma First Place story. ...