Amy Ettinger, a writer and creative writing instructor, passed away at 49 after battling cancer. She penned poignant essays for the Washington Post, reflecti...

The 1924 Johnson-Reed Act, signed by President Calvin Coolidge, set quotas on immigrants' countries of origin and excluded Asians, impacting Jewish migration...

Esther Coopersmith, a prominent Washington hostess and diplomat, passed away at the age of 94. She played a role in fostering peace between Egypt and Israel ...

In Teaneck, New Jersey, a predominantly Jewish community faced a pro-Palestinian protest targeting a fundraiser for the Israeli nonprofit ZAKA, known for dig...

Bert Pogrebin, a renowned attorney and partner to feminist icon Letty Cottin Pogrebin, passed away at 89. Known for their symbiotic marriage and political in...

Jennifer Baum reflects on growing up Jewish on the Upper West Side in a Mitchell-Lama building, which offered middle-income housing in NYC from the 1950s unt...

Israeli-American Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, known for revolutionizing economic decision-making, passed away at 90. He, along with Amos Tversky, reshaped...

The article discusses the lives and achievements of several individuals in the Jewish community. It highlights Amnon Weinstein, an Israeli luthier who starte...

Rabbi Shai Held asserts in his book "Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life" that love is the cornerstone of Jewish belief and practice, ...

Martin Greenfield, an Auschwitz survivor who worked as a tailor in the concentration camp, passed away at the age of 95. Greenfield found solace and a new st...