A Jewish family’s trauma is the villain in an epic Israeli-Palestinian love story
By Samuel Eli Shepherd
January 17, 2025
Zeeva Bukai wrote The Anatomy of Exile from the perspective of a familiar literary figure: the anxious Jewish mother....
When fire spread to West Hollywood, a rabbi’s mom chose to grab candlesticks
By Samuel Eli Shepherd
January 10, 2025
When the Los Angeles area fires spread near Mushka Lightstone’s West Hollywood house Wednesday night, Mushka grabbed her mother’s...
How a special Yiddish word and a phone company inspired Delia Ephron’s new Broadway play
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What is the Ohel, and why is it one of the most popular Jewish sites in the world?
By Samuel Eli Shepherd
December 20, 2024
New York City mayor Eric Adams credits an unlikely source for helping him win the 2021 mayoral election: the...