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On Presidents Day, the author highlights the significant impact of Martin Van Buren, a president often overlooked by historians. Despite being one of the sho...

The bronze statue of John F. Kennedy in Mckeesport, Pennsylvania has a Jewish-American story behind it. When Kennedy visited the town in 1962, it created a c...

The traditional Jewish matchmaker role, embodied by Fiddler on the Roof's Yente, has evolved into communal crowdsourced matchmaking in the digital age, parti...

The article tells the story of the author's father, Boris Shcharansky, who was a journalist and screenwriter in the Soviet Union. Born in 1904, he witnessed ...

Lokman Slim, a political activist and critic of Hezbollah, was found dead near a Lebanon village where he had been shot. Slim, who was dedicated to saving th...

The appointment of Robert Malley as special envoy to Iran highlights a deepening divide within the Democratic Party. Malley's policies have consistently favo...

The debate over admissions to elite high schools, such as Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia, has gained attention recently....

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tel Aviv residents have adapted to the restrictions by embracing a new picnic culture. People are seen having picnics in parks,...

In the aftermath of 2020's upheavals, including COVID-19 and racial justice protests, the flames of antisemitism are intensifying across ideological spectrum...

The author reflects on the role of chain-movers in the Super Bowl and compares them to the unsung heroes in Jewish communities. While star players and glamor...

Online chess has experienced a surge in popularity, with platforms like Chess.com and Lichess gaining millions of new members. The success of the Netflix ser...

The author discusses the concept of the "Thirty Tyrants," inspired by Machiavelli's description of a friendly government created by Sparta in Athens. They dr...

Khoresh, a traditional Iranian stew, has become a beloved dish among Iranian Jewish expatriates since the 1979 Iranian revolution. It is considered a nationa...

This text is a short biography of an American Jew reflecting on his experiences with anti-Semitism throughout his life. The author discusses his Jewish ident...

Former CIA Director John O. Brennan's memoir, "Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, at Home and Abroad," reveals his anger and temperament issues, ...

Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner has made it his mission to destigmatize mental wellness and suicide in the Jewish community after experiencing the suicide of his b...

The narrator of the text reflects on their experience of their father's illness and eventual death. They recount their feelings of sadness and helplessness, ...

This article discusses the recent GameStop and AMC stock market frenzy driven by small investors on the Reddit thread WallStreetBets. These investors aimed t...

Peter Buxtun, a Jewish man working for the Public Health Service, stumbled upon the Tuskegee Syphilis Study in the 1960s and became determined to expose the ...

Tablet Magazine has announced the selection of their 10 new Tablet Fellows for the coming months. The Fellows include journalists, academics, and public scho...

The article discusses the pattern of conspiracy theorists like Marjorie Taylor Greene often ending up targeting Jews. It highlights Greene's history of suppo...

The Khazars were a multiethnic empire that existed from the mid-seventh century until about 970 CE in the Northern Caucasus and around the lower course of th...

California's Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) has caused controversy and concern among Jewish communities. Originally intended to promote understanding...

This article tells the story of William Cooper, a 77-year-old Yorta Yorta Aboriginal man from Australia, who led a delegation to the German Consulate in Melb...

In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the article suggests watching Orson Welles' film "The Stranger" as a reminder of the ongoing threat...

German Jewish women played a significant role in resisting the Nazi regime, often facing sexual assault, torture, and execution. Marion A. Kaplan's book "Bet...

Frederick Wiseman's City Hall has been the subject of controversy due to sections of an article about Wiseman being plagiarized by The Paris Review. The arti...

The article discusses the shift in scientific thinking from ancient times to modernity, focusing on the views of Francis Bacon. While ancient science saw nat...

Holocaust literature for children is a prominent genre due to the significant role the Holocaust plays in Jewish identity. However, many of these books fall ...

Larry King, the iconic TV talk show host, changed his name early in his career to fit the broadcasting industry's norms. Although he is not religious, he str...

The article discusses the initial introduction of radio in America in the 1920s and how it caused anxiety and confusion among consumers. Newspapers and magaz...

A new generation of Jewish women pastry chefs is incorporating their heritage and family stories into their baking. Liliana Myers adds Ashkenazi pastries to ...

The article discusses the history of the Confederate statue of General Stonewall Jackson at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and its connection to the J...

The article discusses the changing face of Jewish life in Berlin. It focuses on the Shtetl Berlin Yiddish Culture Festival and the efforts to bring Jews and ...

The American class system has evolved in the last 50 years, leading to the consolidation of a national ruling class. In the past, the American elite was divi...

Antony Blinken, the nominee for U.S. Secretary of State, has a Yiddish author great-grandfather named Meir Blinkin. Meir Blinkin's stories were published bef...

During the challenging time of mourning her parents, the author found solace and connection through participating in a daily Zoom minyan for Kaddish recitati...

Bayard Rustin, an African American civil rights leader, was a prominent advocate for Israel and condemned the Black Power movement's embrace of the Palestini...

The text discusses the idea of giving the baby boomer generation a drug called Chew-Z to envision an alternate reality where Martin Luther King Jr. was not a...

The article explores the experiences of nonbinary Jews and the challenges they face in navigating gendered spaces and rituals within the Jewish community. It...

The Boogaloo movement is a loosely connected network of young men who are anti-government, anti-police, and obsessed with an imminent civil war. They have be...

The author reflects on their personal experience of navigating the brokenness of the American medical system and the media industry. They discuss how systemi...

In the past, bagels were a popular snack in Vilnius, Lithuania, especially among the Jewish community. However, with the Holocaust and the disappearance of t...

This article discusses the events that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, analyzing the historical significance of the insurrection and the role ...

The text argues that the Arab-Israeli conflict is effectively dead with the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, B...

The Supreme Court recently made a decision prohibiting New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive order that limited attendance at houses of worship as part ...

This essay recounts the author's experiences with their father and the strong desire he had for them to keep him company. The author reflects on the guilt an...

The article discusses the rise of "mommy doulas" among Jewish women, who enroll in doula training workshops to support their daughters or daughters-in-law du...

The author reflects on their upbringing in a white-flight suburb of Memphis and how they used to view their Confederate heritage as something to be proud of,...

This article discusses Shelomo Dov Goitein's review of the 1963 University of Chicago edition of Maimonides' "Guide of the Perplexed." The publication of thi...