The story centers on Esther Perez (portrayed by Leïla Bekhti), a Moroccan-Jewish immigrant and devoted mother of six. When ...

It’s not just a momentous occasion for the congregation but is significant for the larger Palisades community as well, as it ...

When the walls feel like they’re closing in, it’s tempting to shrink away, to hide or to assimilate. But instead, let’s learn ...

When I travel in America, I love being invited to observe Shabbat building bridges – uniting tribes – among Christians.

In the introduction to the book about the U.S. community I wrote about a decade and a half ago, a little story about Foxman ...

Shavuot is that moment in the year where all becomes one – People Israel, Torah, memory and the Divine – a unification begun ...

America’s third president’s home survived thanks to the efforts of a proud Jew thankful for freedom of religion in the United ...

What are we to make of such flimsy evidence behind such explosive and harmful accusations? Perhaps one answer is that the ...

Emphasizing Israel’s value to America must become a community-wide effort. From the ADL to the AJC to the Federation system ...

As a writer, I have a love affair with words. But even I am left at a loss for words in describing the unique shame and pain of witnessing how, for the last 45 years, my former homeland, Iran, has ...

Choosing between East Africa and Southern Africa is not really a geographical question. It is a question about who you are as ...

The film blends archival footage, original music and scholarly insight to bring to life a cultural legacy that continues to ...