Naomi Adler’s connection with Hadassah began two decades before she was even born, when noted cantor Hugo Chaim Adler and his wife, Selma, stepped off the ship in New York—a ship that had taken them from their home in Germany via London. Arriving...

Perhaps you know his novel where Hitler works as a private detective in London (“A Man Lies Dreaming”). Or maybe the one in which the Tel Aviv bus station is now the world’s premier spaceport (“Central Station”). Or you might have heard...

Like a Technicolor noir or a Seth Rogen drama, a Coen brothers movie based on someone else’s writing is a rare and risky proposition. By my count, only one fully successful example exists: “No Country for Old Men,” adapted from Cormac McCarthy’s...

(JTA) — When Rivka Taub Rivera decided to apply for a religious exemption to New York City’s vaccine mandate for teachers, she didn’t turn to the rabbis of Borough Park, the Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn where she lives. Instead, she asked...

Alicia Silverstone has had a long and varied career in the public eye, from her star-making turn in the 1995 film “Clueless” to her reemergence a decade later as a vegan and animal rights activist. Silverstone’s father was born Jewish on October...

The story of the men of X Troop, the real "Inglorious Basterds," is being told in a new book, and the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum has created a special virtual event, with the book's author on October 14. After years of extensive research,...

Corey Stoll is one of those "oh, it's that guy" actors, a face that both moviegoers and television show lovers will recognize without knowing the name. Imagine seeing that really charismatic friend at a party but you don't know their name, so you just...

The title of Jon Stewart’s new show might have had a double-meaning for almost anyone else. “The Problem with Jon Stewart” sounds like the beginning of a rant by your conservative uncle, or maybe a gripe from a pedantic comedy critic. In its...

For more than 60 years, the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington has been recording the Jewish story of the nation’s capital. Next year, that story will be available for all to peruse in the new Capital Jewish Museum — a Washington...

Every week, one section of the Torah, known as the Torah portion or "Parsha" is designated as a focus of Jewish study and is read aloud in synagogue that Shabbat. The first mention of a scheduled Torah-reading cycle appears in the Bible, in Deuteronomy,...

Rodney Dangerfield got no respect. When he was born, the doctor told his mother, “I did all I could, but he pulled through anyway.” Just listen to the guy: When he was a kid, too—no respect. His parents got divorced. They had a custody fight over...

Internationally recognized as one of today's most acclaimed and admired pianists, Yefim Bronfman stands among a handful of artists regularly sought by festivals, orchestras, conductors, and recital series. His commanding technique, power, and exceptional...