Miriam Bradman Abrahams, a Cuban refugee who now lives in Long Island, felt a deep longing to understand her family's background and tell their story. She be...
"Invited to Life: Finding Hope After the Holocaust" by B.A. Van Sise is a book that shares the stories and portraits of 90 Holocaust survivors. Van Sise bega...
Esther Levy Chehebar, a Sephardic Jew from Brooklyn, wrote a children's book called "I Share My Name" to explain the tradition of naming children after livin...
Jessica Grose, a New York Times parenting opinion writer, has gained popularity for her straightforward and relatable approach to discussing the challenges o...
76-year-old Annie Gottlieb and her 98-year-old mother, Jean, collaborated for five years to publish a family memoir titled "Braided Generations: The Living, ...
Anna Salton Eisen grew up in a household where the Holocaust was a secret that her parents were unwilling to discuss. She discovered her father's paintings d...
The author reflects on the importance of naming children after ancestors in the Jewish faith. She initially wanted to name her children after her grandparent...
The author describes their experience of celebrating their non-Jewish friend's holiday, Christmas, and how it allowed them to appreciate and understand anoth...
This article discusses the challenges faced by individuals with celiac disease in maintaining their cultural and religious food traditions. The author shares...
This personal essay explores the author's relationship with her father and his homemade hummus as he battles stage 3 lung cancer. The author discusses the ab...