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Passover is a holiday that celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. It is observed through the retelling of the Exodus story dur...

The article criticizes the novel "The World and All That It Holds" by Aleksandar Hemon, calling it disappointing and lacking in substance. The author suggest...

Garlic has a long history in Jewish cuisine and culture. In the Talmud, it was recommended as an aphrodisiac and as a way to create a romantic atmosphere dur...

This text recounts the author's personal experience with her husband, who was required to register as an immigrant from a Muslim-majority country in the afte...

Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, led to a massacre of Jews in the city of Mariupol. Elvira Borts, a 6-year-old Jewish g...

Since President Biden took office, there has been a resurgence of manufacturing in the United States. Multinational corporations have pledged billions of dol...

Artist and illustrator Maira Kalman's exhibition at the Mary Ryan Gallery features gouache paintings, including a detailed image of E.F. Benson's garden room...

The author expresses their love for Israel, citing its miraculous creation and history. However, they express concern and anger towards certain political and...

In the weeks leading up to the Sobibor revolt of 1943, Alexander Pechersky, the leader of the revolt, formed a friendship with a young Dutch woman named Luka...

A recent Pew study revealed that a significant portion of Jewish adults in America identify as atheist, agnostic, or having no religion. However, this does n...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's brokering of a reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia has shaken the United States' role as the dominant power in the Middl...

This text describes the experience of participating in a protest in Israel against proposed judicial reforms. The author, who comes from a family with strong...

Regina Spektor recently performed a concert at the Walt Disney Auditorium in Los Angeles, where she used her dark humor to explore the Russian-speaking Jewis...

The author reflects on the recently discovered hidden treasures of Jews who died in the Holocaust, contrasting them with her own grandmother's embroidered ta...

This text discusses a trial that took place in 1895, where Nicolae Iorga, a Romanian politician and scholar, was denied naturalization. The trial was influen...

The article discusses the war in Ukraine as the first proxy war in the current Cold War between the US and post-Soviet Russia. It analyzes the conflict on th...

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...

The article discusses the role of the High Tech Workers Resistance, known as Mechaat HaHitechistim, in opposition to the Israeli government's proposed judici...

Non-Orthodox rabbinical schools in America are experiencing a decline in enrollment, leading to a shortage of rabbis to fill available positions. This declin...

Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli, criticized the Biden administration for intervening in Israeli politics and undermining Israel's sovere...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the mental health and addiction crisis among men in the United States. Deaths of despair, including drug overdoses, sui...

The article discusses the significance of chickens in Jewish life. Chickens were a common and affordable source of food in Eastern Europe, often used in ever...

GLAAD has criticized The New York Times' coverage of transgender issues, particularly regarding medical sex changes or gender affirmation for minors. GLAAD a...

The current political crisis in Israel presents an opportunity to dismantle the flawed structure of the Knesset's grand coalitions that have connected the ce...

The article discusses how the flow of information during the COVID-19 pandemic was compromised, with senior public health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fa...

Rosie Hertz, known as the Lower East Side Madam, was a Jewish immigrant who ran a successful brothel operation in New York City from the late 1880s to around...

The author reflects on their past article expressing fear and loathing towards the president-elect in 2016, realizing that it lacked useful analysis and was ...

The article discusses a plan by the Biden administration to create a 5,000-strong Palestinian force in the West Bank that would supposedly fight terrorism. T...

The narrator, a young boy prone to lying, befriends Mark Borgman, the top student in their class. Mark invites the narrator to his wealthy home, where his fa...

Netivot, a city in southern Israel, is known for its North African culinary heritage. Originally established as an immigrant absorption camp, Netivot grew in...

The article discusses the complex place Purim occupied during the Holocaust. Despite the destruction and imminent danger faced by Jews, Purim was still celeb...

The article discusses the events surrounding the ousting of Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh in August 1953. The author argues that the commonly hel...

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides is facing criticism for his involvement in domestic Israeli politics. Nides has been urging Prime Minister Benjamin Ne...

The collapse of the COVID truth regime refers to the diminishing credibility and effectiveness of the mainstream narrative and censorship surrounding COVID-1...

Two cases have been filed by Rastafarians seeking damages for the forcible shaving of their dreadlocks while in prison, arguing that it violated their religi...

This article discusses the changing dynamics of Jews and Asians in the American elite. It argues that Jews are slowly fading from the elite status they once ...

American Jews and Asian Americans find themselves facing similar challenges of being overlooked and underserved by activist organizations like the Anti-Defam...

The article argues that the Biden administration is actively working to bring down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing government in Israel....

The article discusses the state of the Western alliance and the prospects for Ukrainian freedom in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. It highlig...

"The Joy of Purim—Alcohol Not Included" explores the author's personal struggle with the tradition of drinking on Purim and the deeper meaning behind the joy...

This article explores the tradition of Jewish humor, particularly in its use of irreverence and mockery, from biblical times to modern American Jewish comedy...

This text discusses the decline of Jewish influence and representation in various sectors of American society, including academia, the arts, politics, and th...

Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses has gained popularity in graduate creative writing programs for its focus on decolonizing storytelling. Salesses ...

The author reflects on their childhood experience of being exposed to violent and traumatizing imagery related to the Holocaust without much consideration fo...

The article discusses the similarities and differences in the experiences of Jews and Asians in countries where they have immigrated in large numbers. Both g...

The text highlights the widespread rot afflicting America's critical infrastructure, including transportation networks, public schools, healthcare facilities...

The discussion revolves around the question of how Jews can support Ukraine after the Holocaust, considering the history of anti-Semitism in the country. Nat...

The Ukrainian Catholic Church in America has become a crucial link in providing support to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2022. The Ukrainian Catholic...

The author criticizes the recently published four-part article in the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) that chronicles the media's wrongdoing during the Russ...

Seattle is home to a vibrant Sephardic Jewish community, with roots tracing back to the early 1900s when Sephardic Jews from Turkey and Rhodes settled there....