(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Right before COVID hit in the spring of 2020, Yisroel Leshes was looking to branch out of the world of cantorial music. For most of his professional singing career, he has been working as the assistant cantor at Lincoln...

(JTA) – Fans (and critics) of Jared Leto’s Italian accent in “House of Gucci” have new material to work with in his portrayal of Adam Neumann, the Israeli founder of WeWork, in the soon-to-be-released Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed.”  An...

"Humor has had a profound effect on the way the Jewish people see the world, and has sustained them through millennia of hardships and suffering." - Hershey H. Friedman Your Jewish Joke Of The Week Today's joke was sent in by reader Gabriel Fox.  If...

We know the outcome after the 1938 Munich Agreement, which was signed after British and French leaders met with Hitler and agreed to let Germany take the mostly ethnically German Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, in a failed bid to head off World...

This story was originally published on Jan. 29 by The Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from The Forward delivered to you each morning. “The New Black,” which goes by the name “Shababnikim” in its original Hebrew, was a hit...

St. Louis book lovers rejoice, the Jewish Community Center’s biannual Used Book Sale returns this Sunday and runs through January. The sale will of course include offerings in every genre, including mysteries, general fiction, nonfiction, children’s...

(JTA) — Albert Bourla, the chief executive officer of Pfizer, was named the winner of the 2022 Genesis Prize, the award sometimes called the “Jewish Nobel.” The award, which “honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional...

“I’m Gonna Walk It With You” by Shul Sisters (Jewish Rock Radio) One thing that has always been important to me is using music to create bridges between people of different backgrounds. In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I wanted to...

"As a rabbi who works as a chaplain at a hospital in Indianapolis, I’ve held my tongue a lot when it comes to COVID-19 and the emotional strain it puts on the medical staff. But now — as my team at Indiana University Health is responsible for pastoral...

I've never been one to be on time for appointments or super addictive internet trends. And while I was recently on time for my monthly beard trim, I find myself a bit late to the party, otherwise known as Wordle. I first noticed my wife posting her...

Mazel Tov! If you or someone close to you is planning a Jewish wedding, you are in the midst of an exciting — and at times stress-inducing — experience. Besides the many wedding details that all couples need to plan, Jewish brides and grooms have...