Talk of the Table // Parsnip
Getting to the Root of Parsnip’s Unlikely Magic
Richard Zimler—Author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
How a Gay, Long Island-born mystery writer became Portugal’s Jewish conscience
A Third-Generation Remembrance of Holocaust’s Horrors
Today, on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the horrors of the Holocaust loom large in the world’s collective memory. But for those...
The Last Laugh: “Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews” Reviewed
by Andrea Greenbaum
In 1996, I spent a year in smoky comedy clubs in Tampa, Florida to document the rhetorical style of standup comedians. I paid...
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jews in the Civil Rights Movement
This weekend we honor civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr, who helped pave the way for a new era of racial integration in America....
Rising Anti-Semitism and the Charlie Hebdo Massacre
For the French-Jewish community, last week's attacks were a confirmation of their worst fears. After a year of rising anti-Jewish violence—attacks on Jewish families, synagogue firebombings, anti-Semitic marches—Jews...
Why We Write Jewish Historical Fiction
by Nomi Eve and Stephanie Feldman
What makes Jewish historical fiction special—as an art form, and as a conversation among Jewish writers and readers? Novelists Nomi...
Book Review // The Zone of Interest
THE ZONE OF INTEREST by Martin Amis // Alfred A. Knopf // 2014 // pp. 306
Jewish Routes // Orlando
Jewish American Heritage // January/February 2015
Ask the Rabbis // Conversion
How do you decide when a candidate for conversion is ready to become Jewish?
The Other Side of the Wall
Praying at the western wall first as a man, then as a woman.
Filled, Broken and Complete: Sacred Vessels at Mayyim Hayyim
This month, the Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and Paula Brody & Family Education Center in Newton, MA is showcasing an exhibit of intricate...