David Denby's Eminent Jews slyly takes its title from Lytton Strachey's 1918 book Eminent Victorians, a group biography that took a mostly irreverent look at four prominent personalities of the ...

I love setting the Passover table. Each item on the table has such meaning, and I'm not just talking about the matzoh and the shankbone. I'm talking about the pot that I'm pouring the chicken soup ...

The Jewish summer camp movement emerged in the late 19 th century to provide Jewish children respite from cramped urban areas, a chance to enjoy being a kid, and a place to live as Jews. In the wake ...

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The skating duo, standing proud on the winner’s podium with their silver medal for pairs skating. With their oversized smiles and contagious glow, it's impossible not to get caught up in the pure joy ...

"Hollywood is run by Jews, it is owned by Jews." So pronounced Marlon Brando on Larry King Live in 1996. This antisemitic trope has legs, as they say. Ye (formerly Kanye West) repeated it in a rant in ...

Celebrate Israel's Independence Day at one of YLD’s biggest parties of the year! The evening will feature Israeli snacks, dancing, and more to ring in Israel's 75th birthday. This event is for young ...

Many spiritual traditions teach the wisdom of "beginning again." In Judaism, this concept is often expressed as teshuvah, which can be described as returning to one's true self and purpose--or turning ...

Just before we usher in the Jewish new year, hundreds of women in our community-dedicated to making the year ahead a brighter one for so many--will gather. They will hear from two extraordinary women ...

Sometimes, Spangler makes nail art based on Jewish concepts--like this design of “evil eyes.” Eva Spangler learned more than math in her eighth-grade class--she discovered a passion for nail art when ...

The power of POWSAT: CPD Officers Michael Specht (left) and Roger Heath, Jr. help keep synagogues and other religious-based institutions in the Rogers Park neighborhood safe and secure. Chicago Police ...

As a key part of its community-wide security initiative, JUF has named Daniel Godsel as its Security Director. At a time of accelerating antisemitism and attacks against Jewish institutions, he will ...