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“How did the Jews become a global people?”“They got pushed around a bunch.”“They had to go to different places.”Indeed. Looking ...

I have often joked that I am the only woman in America who doesn’t cook anything that she grew up ...

Jewish& is as open-ended as the Jewish people themselves.

I’m a Latina Jew. I live in New York City, famous for the diversity of its population; after all, 37 ...

As summer approaches and we gear up for another terrific session of Camp Be’chol Lashon, I keep thinking about all ...

Despite the fact that it’s a celebration, I have bittersweet feelings about Juneteenth.Its origins are traced to Union troops arriving ...

For many, Father’s Day is a time to honor our fathers, and this year, it has particular significance to my ...

What makes a fish taste Jewish?For some, the immediate answer will be pickling and a former home in freshwater. For ...

According to Jewish tradition, the Torah has seventy “faces,” but is still one, unified Torah. On Shavuot, we celebrate the ...

Mom. Mommy. Ima. Madre. Mother. No matter how many ways I say it, the concept still catches me by surprise ...

It’s hard to kvetch about being a Japanese Jew when you’re being spoiled by ladles of chicken schmaltz spoon-fed to ...

I am remembering a Jewish Universal mother. This woman was small in stature yet grand in her effect. A mother ...