Jewish Routes // Orlando
Jewish American Heritage // January/February 2015
The Other Side of the Wall
Praying at the western wall first as a man, then as a woman.
Hanukkah Lights // Debra Ginsberg
The Only Miracle
by Debra Ginsberg
Daniel was surprisingly hungry. He’d eaten a decent lunch—a sandwich with pickles and a side of slaw—and planned only a light...
Hanukkah Lights // Anne Burt
For The Ghosts
by Anne Burt
My 13-year-old, as usual, is not eating her bowl of dry Honey Nut Cheerios. Her thumbs trawl across her iPhone even...
Hanukkah Lights // Lesley Hyatt
A Hanukkah Story (miracle, included)
By Lesley Hyatt
On the morning before Hanukkah begins, I walk outside and see Nena Sara laughing over my little brothers, Matan...
Hanukkah Lights // Andy Borowitz
The First Hanukkah
By Andy Borowitz
Illustrations by Noah Phillips
When Billy Zylberberg thought about his childhood, he realized that Hanukkah would have meant more to him if...
Shalom: At Home in Berlin
Germany’s multicultural capital is becoming a center for Jewish life and culture. With thousands of young Israelis choosing to settle in Berlin, Jewish culture is once again flourishing in the city’s majestic synagogues and vibrant community gatherings, enriching its art scene and turning it into a popular destination for the Jewish traveler.
Food: Our Connection to Torah and Today
Nigel Savage on the Jewish Food Movement
By Lucille Marshall
In the past ten years, the Jewish community experienced an expansion of Jewish farms, Jewish CSA’s, and...
New York City Is Not a Melting Pot
Snapshot of Black Man Asleep On A Jewish Man’s Shoulder Unleashes (Virtual) Love Fest
By Steven Volynets
The social media frenzy spawned by the cell phone photo...
Pilgrimage to Uman
Almost 200 years after Rebbe Nachman’s death, his followers flock to a once-closed Soviet town to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.
by Nadine Epstein
I’m on a bus to...
Reza Aslan’s Jesus
Reza Aslan is an Iranian American scholar of religions, whose internationally acclaimed books include No god But God and Beyond Fundamentalism. His most recent book,...