Rabbi Neil Danzig, scholar who unlocked mysteries of the Talmud, dies at 74
Rabbi Neil Danzig, shown in an undated photo, was an authority on the Babylonian Jewish scholars known as Geonim. (Courtesy Danzig Family)
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
July...
Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist and ‘father figure’ to Barbra Streisand, dies at 99
Lyricists Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman flank singer Barbra Streisand during the 2008 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton, May...
Ari’el Stachel, an ‘Arab Jewish’ actor with a Tony Award, has a message about antisemitism for Zohran Mamdani
Ari’el Stachel is the writer and star of “Out of Character,” a one-man show running at the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theater in Stockbridge,...
‘Alligator Auschwitz’: ICE’s Florida Everglades detention facility evokes Holocaust comparisons
President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as they tour a migrant detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in Ochopee, Florida,...
He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.
Historian Jonathan Sarna and Zev Eleff of Gratz College speak on a panel on “Jews of the Gilded Age” at the American Jewish Historical...