October 23, 2024
In 2006, Yad Vashem published a diary in which 14-year-old Rutka Laskier, a Polish Jew, wrote about her life for four months in 1943, until her deportation and murder in […]
October 2, 2024
This year I want to dip apples in saltwater I want to spread honey on my wounds How does one forgive the sting of alienation? How does one atone for […]
September 24, 2024
Over the past four years, I have read an average of 100 books per year. As someone who loves stories, I am struck by the conundrum of wanting to take […]
September 13, 2024
Ever since Carly Perry was a little kid, growing up in a Jewish family in Tennessee, she wanted to open her own art and design business. “I’ve always been interested […]
August 28, 2024
You might have seen or heard about the 2024 Great Minnesota Bagel Showdown. There has been a lot of bagel talk around here lately, so when I found myself in […]
August 27, 2024
How do we renew our faith when it seems lost? How do we praise a G✡d who feels too far away? What if songs of faith are the foundation of […]
August 9, 2024
While The Jewish Drinking Show has previously discussed Prohibition, as well as an aspect of Orthodox responses to Prohibition, the newest episode of the show features a discussion of Reform rabbinic responses to Prohibition, […]
August 7, 2024
Editor’s note: This story includes disturbing details of violence and sexual assault. In late-April, Sheryl Sandberg, the Jewish former Facebook executive turned philanthropist, released “Screams Before Silence,” a documentary about […]
July 22, 2024
The 23rd annual Tribeca Film Fest, which took place in June, offered a number of Jewish-themed movies and documentaries, on subjects ranging from fashion to a late in life Bat […]
June 7, 2024
Co-writers Nell Adkins and Elizabeth Sacktor’s new play, “Esther Made Me Do It,” explores Jewish and queer identity. Sacktor directed the play, which stars Adkins and collaborator Helen Sher. “Esther […]