The Atlantic

How Resilient Are Jewish American Traditions?

In 1975, a largely unknown 23-year-old actor named Carol Kane starred in Joan Micklin Silver’s film Hester Street as Gitl, an Eastern European Jewish immigrant in Manhattan’s Lower East Side around ...

Giant green pickle tells us UK’s Jewish culture month has begun

Inaugural festival aimed at bringing ‘less oy and more joy’ has events that span food, fashion, music and literature ...
The State Journal-Register

A look at Passover rituals, foods and family traditions

Passover commemorates the Jewish people's exodus from slavery in Egypt to freedom. The Seder is a ritual feast that marks the beginning of the holiday and follows an order set by a text called the ...
Long Island Press

Sid Jacobson JCC welcomes Jewish, Asian Americans at Shabbat dinner

Guests gathered at the Sid Jacobson JCC on May 15 for an intercultural Shabbat dinner that brought together members of the ...
The Forward

In the dwindling Jewish community of Moldova, one man fights to keep the old traditions alive

Even if you’ve never met him before, Roman Soibelis will be excited to see you. His eyes bright, his smile, his kippah advertising the coming of the messiah, he’ll welcome you into his home with a ...