A Festschrift — a celebration of the intellectual achievements of a senior scholar in the form of essays by colleagues, students and mentees — marks a momentous moment of recognition.

YIVO sought a home in New York for a museum dedicated to the vanished “homes” of Eastern Europe. Less than three months after Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, producers of the doomed Nova Musical ...

Rabbi Berel Wein's impact on the Jewish world blossomed not only from his films, books, and audio lectures, but also the founding and leadership of institutions. Jewish scholar, historian, and leader ...

Scholars Jennifer Caplan, Jarrod Tanny, and Avinoam Patt discuss Jewish humor and satire as a global phenomenon as well as a ...

Dozens of Jewish studies scholars from across the world have kicked off the fall semester by sending an unusual letter to leaders of the University of Oregon, one with a stinging accusation. “Why ...

Telling a story is a core tradition of Judaism – as we do for Pesach , telling the story every year of the Exodus from Egypt.

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: The parallels between 1920s Munich and New York (and other places around the US and the world) are ...

Competitors from 15 synagogues across Long Island tested their knowledge of Jewish prayers, holidays and heritage at the annual JewQ competition at Chabad Port Washington on Feb. 9. The competition ...

O ver the past six months, the Trump administration has targeted universities over allegations of civil-rights violations. According to the White House, universities have been hotbeds of antisemitism, ...

Penn, joined a coalition of Jewish students and scholars to intervene in a Trump administration lawsuit seeking the ...