Jane Ziegelman on Food and the American Story
97 Orchard, by Jane Ziegelman, tells the story of five immigrant families living on Manhattan's Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century....
The Long and Winding Road to Interfaith Dialogue
by Steven Philp
While the media spent the morning of September 11 replaying footage of the terrorist attacks of that day in 2001, small groups of...
Kosher Hip-Hop
By Adina Rosenthal
There’s a new, up-and-coming Hasidic hip-hop artist on the block. Nosson Zand is a Boston-born musician who takes pride in the positive and...
Six Degrees of Kosher Bacon Contest
It's a behavior every Jewish person has participated, and all of their non-Jewish friends have witnessed. Jewish geography: the game where—without aid of Facebook—Jews who...
In or Out of the Jewish Clubhouse?
by Theodore Samets
“Of the roughly 17,000 guys who’ve played professional baseball, precious few are Jews.”
That was how Scott Barancik, editor of Jewish Baseball News, framed...
Adding a Little Color to Summer Camp
by Steven Philp
For centuries Jews have been the target of damaging stereotypes; yet in our effort to battle unfavorable myths, sometimes we overlook our own...
Israel Takes on Wikimania
by Charles Kopel
“Education is a human right,” declared Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner to an applauding crowd of six hundred last week in the...
A Goy in Jews’ Clothing
By Steven Philp
Considering the cultural significance of the kippah, it is safe to assume that an individual who chooses to wear one on a regular...
Why Should Zion Mourn?
“The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate… and she herself is in bitterness.” These...
The anti-Manischewitz
By Adina Rosenthal
Move over Manischewitz; Jewish wine is no longer synonymous with the sweet, syrupy stuff used for Jewish ceremonies. The Israeli wine and beer...
Going for Gold at the Jewish Olympics
Since 1932, the Maccabiah Games have drawn the finest Jewish athletes to participate in a wide array of events.
Not the First (or Last) Jew in Spain
by Hilary Weissman
While studying abroad in Spain this spring. I found myself unintentionally making numerous trips to the southern town of Córdoba– it served as...