Judaism has always evolved. In a world of instant access and fading institutions, rabbinic leadership must evolve with it.

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A group of klezmer musicians was jamming in Lower Manhattan, when its fiddler suddenly stopped and encouraged a preteen ...

Jewish exchange on campus — but the funding that brought Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen to New Orleans is running out.

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A century after the famed composer wed Ellin Mackay, a Catholic heiress, their marriage offers a window into how Jewish ...

Alexander the Great, known as Iskandar or Dhul-Qarnayn in Islam, holds a unique place in Islamic history as a figure with ...

Explore the intricate layers of Jewish history and its connections to the broader narrative of world events and identities.

By the time he died in October 2025, Marcel Weyland’s travels had taken him from Poland to the furthest reaches of the Earth, and back again. He had been honoured by the governments of Australia, ...

Somalis and other immigrants are just the most recent of the indigestible bits in the melting pot that we are so fond of claiming as our great distinction among nations. Hispanics, like the poor, we ...

The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta Elkayam stands at the front of the room and sings. Usually in the Moroccan Arabic of her ancestors, rather than ...

Wedding traditions are rooted in superstition, religion and cultural exchange, even as couples continue to reinterpret them ...