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Jewish community in Germany remain on high alert despite practical support from the state and political establishment

Red-and-white checkered tablecloths, strings of white lights and a recording of Dean Martin singing, “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore,” all helped give

Legendary defense attorney for Leopold and Loeb, Scopes

By Rabbi Max Edwards Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) In every season, Jews around the world count days. In the summer, it’s the three weeks leading

From the blog of Michael Feldstein at The Times of Israel

Forty-five years ago, on Monday, February 21, 1977, a bat mitzvah celebration was held at Congregation B’nai Yeshurun in Teaneck.

With thousands of artifacts, a New Orleans museum tells of a different immigrant experience, far from the cities of the North.

Over the past few weeks Temple Emanuel congregants have raised $15,000 for Bread and Roses.

This piece first appeared in the Forward and is reprinted with permission. Anna Halprin, the leading Jewish American dancer and choreographer and educator for generations of experimentalists in dance and theater, died May 24 at her home in Kentfield, in Marin County. She was 100. Her daughter, Daria Halprin Khalighi, cited old age as the cause of death. Across the 80 years she taught and performed internationally and led workshops on her outdoor dance deck at her home in Marin County, Halprin...

Anna Halprin, the leading Jewish American dancer and choreographer and educator for generations of experimentalists in dance and theater, died May 24 at her home in Kentfield, California She was 100. Her daughter, Daria Halprin Khalighi, cited old age as the cause of death. Across the 80 years she taught and performed internationally and led workshops on her outdoor dance deck at her home in Marin County, Halprin was a pacesetter for her early disowning of the modern dance world – both its te...