The nominations for the 82nd Golden Globe Awards were announced on Monday morning, and there are dozens of Jewish connections. Three films with Jewish subjects are nominated for Best Motion ...

I have a pretty paralyzing fear of heights. Ask me to walk across New York’s George Washington Bridge and I’m hard pressed to take even three steps forward towards New Jersey. I wouldn’t ...

“Until the Last Pickle: A Memoir in 18 Recipes” by Yuliya Patsay began as a project to collect family recipes. When the pandemic hit, Patsay started asking deeper questions about the stories ...

Musician Yosef Gutman Levitt has had an unusual journey. He grew up on a farm in South Africa, where he developed a deep appreciation for jazz. Then, he came to America to study at the prestigious ...

When last week’s version of this column was published, the most conspicuous news story in the Middle East was the nascent ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. That seems like much more than ...

The AMCHA Initiative announced on Dec. 11 that the organization has developed an “Anti-Zionist Faculty Barometer” ranking more than 700 universities and colleges on a 0-5 system, with a “5 ...

Loyola Marymount University (LMU) Professor Dana Resnick’s class, “Jewish Spirit in Drama,” suggests a sentimentalism familiar to anyone reared on Jewish shows like “Fiddler on the Roof ...

When we lean back and thank God for the food we just ate, the last thing we want to do is lie. Yet, at the conclusion of Grace After Meals, the traditional text, citing Psalm 37, instructs us to ...

Hanukkah is just around the corner. This year, it runs from December 25 through January 2, which means it’s time to start buying gifts for all your loved ones. Thankfully, The Jewish Journal has ...

Syrian rebels declared the end of President Bashar Assad’s 24-year rule on Sunday after a swift offensive brought opposition forces into Damascus. Thousands of residents gathered in the city’s ...

“Autocratic regimes use brutality to eliminate any hope their populace may have for a different future,” Anne Appelbaum writes in The Atlantic, in the wake of the removal of one of the region ...

Jacob then slaughtered animals on the mountain for a celebratory feast and invited Laban and his entourage, who were now his allies, to eat a meal together. They had a meal and spent the night on ...