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Despite a growing population of Jews of color, very few serve as rabbis at established congregations. And when it comes to Black rabbis, that number is close to zero.

Sholem Aleichem and Bob Dylan. Fanny Brice and Jerry Seinfeld. Welcome to the ultimate Shabbat dinner table.

Meet the Forward 125: American Jews who made headlines and history in each of the 125 years since the Forward was launched in 1897.

Quack! The Westlake Historical Society is preparing to host its annual duck race on Oct. 1. The rubber ducks will set sail at 1 p.m. on the Rec Center Pond,

Westlake Historical Society marks Clague House’s 145th birthday: West Shore Chatter Updated 4:22 PM; Today 4:03 PM The Clague House Museum will celebrate its 145th birthday later this year. (Carol Kovach/special to cleveland.com) Facebook Share WESTLAKE, Ohio -- The stately Clague House at 1371 Clague Road in Westlake, once the home of the Clague family, is marking another milestone this year: its 145th birthday. In non-pandemic times, the Westlake Historical Society offers tours of the hou...

10 Pious People Who Defy Common Religious Stereotypes Stereotypes have a nifty way of condensing oceanic amounts of information about people into neat, bite-sized parcels. They’re also quintessential conduits for discrimination and cultural misrepresentation. Few domains exemplify this danger better than religion. Sweeping generalizations about what people of differing faiths are like can create the impression that a Christian, Muslim, or Jew, for example, can be reductively summed up by trai...