Ask anyone to name one word in Hebrew. The response, most likely, will be “shalom.” ...
An askan could offer legal help or act as a medical liaison—someone well connected to the ins and outs of different hospitals, who can get you an appointment with the right specialist. ...
“What if the solution lies not in affirming the family unit, but in expanding it outward—building a scaffolding of extended family who together create the support network children need to thrive?” ...
The term “Judea and Samaria” has never been merely a geographic marker and is deeply intertwined with Jewish history. ...
Born in polemic, the meaning of the word ‘diaspora’ has fluctuated. ...
“What are we, exactly?” ...
For so many Jews, in Israel and around the globe, the word Mizrahi, much like the words Ashkenazi and Sephardi, is more than just a label. ...
The stereotype of “Jewish” hair is rooted in a history of racial pseudoscience, radical self-empowerment and comic self-deprecation. ...
The line remains in use, but its emotional underpinning has altered. ...
Wishing someone “mazel tov” acknowledges that they’re experiencing a significant life event at a fortunate time, when the stars are aligned. ...
At a brunch during the DNC in Chicago, California assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan was wearing a hat with two Stars of David flanking the slogan “Jews for Momala.” ...
Borrowed from Yiddish and launched into the cultural stratosphere by a Canadian comedian and his Jewish mother-in-law, "verklempt" keeps evolving. ...