Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just like everyone else in the world, celebrities come from a breadth of different backgrounds. And while you might think you're ...

Allison Amend’s most recent novel, “A Nearly Perfect Copy,” is now available. Allison was a finalist for the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her novel “Stations West.” Her blog posts ...

Don’t be fooled by the ardent Americana on display in the Oscar-nominated homage to silent film, because the only thing not utterly Jewish about “The Artist” is its abstention from dialogue. The film ...

Are Jews particularly likely to embrace new forms of artistic expression? The ongoing coverage of collections looted by the Nazis strongly suggests that, when it came to avant-garde painting, Jewish ...

When I found out that NextGen, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s young professional affinity group, was going to Cuba, I didn’t even need to think twice about signing up. I knew I had to ...

Aaron Nielsenshultz, the director of religious school and b’nai mitzvah training at Beth Or in Maple Glen, strongly believes in connecting teens to their Jewish background to offer them a sense of ...

The world needs to know about the richness and diversity of the Jewish people, and we mustn’t let others define our narrative, according to Jewish Asian American advocate Amy Albertson. The social ...

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reporting from Dead Sea, West Bank — On a recent afternoon, Diana Blau, 22, was relaxing on the beach after bathing in the salty waters of the Dead Sea. Blau’s mother is Jewish and her father Greek ...

As a Jewish college professor at a large university without any institutional Jewish campus life, I have a unique opportunity to engage with the few Jewish students I encounter. Now in my third year ...

For many young families today, Jewish life does not begin with synagogue membership, day school enrollment or even intentional Jewish seeking. It begins with a much more immediate question.