Jewish Culture

This past week I had the pleasure of attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference. With inspiring speakers, ...

“So how long have you been a singer?”It’s a question I’ve been asked from time to time, and one that ...

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past…”When William Faulkner wrote these words in Requiem for a Nun, I’m pretty certain he ...

There is a myth that Jewish music is “always in a minor key,” and often echoes themes of pieces like ...

Two weeks ago, I joined thousands of families around Israel for a time-honored ritual: the Saturday night grand finale of ...

Looking at the award-winning photograph “Chayla in Shul” I wonder:What is Chayla thinking? Here she is. Alone in this cavernous ...

One of my favorite things about my new role as a full-time historian at the ISJL is getting to meet ...

When I think of home, I imagine the physical space I return to at night, the one with the white-washed ...

Often reality is stranger than fiction; The vote for one of the first major strike in American history was taken ...

Ladino first cast its magic spell on me in childhood. It always struck me as a graceful, rolling language, one ...