New books and a National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene play reclaim the poet-parachutist for an era marked by antisemitism and ...

Rabba Sara Hurwitz looks to the courageous former Hamas hostage, Eli Sharabi, who lived for 491 days in captivity, as a reminder to embrace life.

He was taken prisoner in 1973 while serving in the Israel Defense Forces after Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack, starting the Yom Kippur War. As his captors tortured him, “I was conversing ...

The American poet Violet Ranney Lang was born in 1924 and died in 1956, of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, at the age of thirty-two. Although last year marked the centenary of her birth, the occasion passed ...

Live at 4:15 PM ET: Today, Hoshana Rabba, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim Haolami invites the public to a special telephone panel titled “אייביקע טעג - Simchas Torah With the Rebbe – Memories and ...

In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey joins Willie Geist to discuss his new movie, “The Lost Bus,” including what it's like working with his 17-year-old son, Levi. He ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. Anita Friedman didn’t set out to make a murder mystery. When the longtime ...

A replica of a train car used to transport Jews to Nazi death camps is now serving as a traveling exhibit that uses Holocaust history to confront antisemitism and hate. The exhibit, which has appeared ...

Watch: Erev Yom Tov preparations in the Eshel Hachnosas Orchim kitchen in Crown Heights as they prepare beautiful meals for thousands of guests for the Sukkot holiday. Photos, Video ...

In September 1955, the Dow had its second-largest point drop ever on the eve of Yom Kippur. (AP) 📉 This is an online version of my Markets A.M. newsletter. Get investing insights in your inbox each ...