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Jewish Cultural Identity

More than half of American Jews define themselves as secular

Jewish Art: A Brief History

Contrary to popular perception, Jewish art dates back to Biblical times.

Marc Chagall

Images of earth and air co-mingle in this Jewish painter's enduring work

Leonard Bernstein: Jewish America’s Favorite (Musical) Son

A celebrated American composer, conductor, teacher, and pianist who infused his work with his Jewish heritage

Guide to Jewish Food Terms

Commonly used words and phrases for "noshers" and "fressers."

The Tosafot

The Tosafists continued the conversation with their glosses on the text of the Talmud.

Cantillation: Chanting, or Leyning, the Bible

Today the Bible is chanted in synagogues with an intricate musical system, but the practice began with one man projecting in a marketplace.

Synagogue Music in the Modern Era

Changes are taking place in the leadership, participation, melodies, and instruments that are found in the synagogue.

Hasidism’s Many Critics: Mitnagdim and Maskilim

Traditionalists as well as modernists opposed Hasidism on social, theological and cultural grounds.

Hasidic Movement: A History

This Orthodox spiritual revivalist movement emerged in 18th-century Eastern Europe.

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