This blessing, traditionally recited for firsts, can be said anytime -- since every moment is new and unprecedented.

Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av, is the major day of communal mourning in the Jewish calendar.

This special reading for Tisha B'Av sets the tone for this tragic and mournful day

These under-the-radar movies about the Shoah are affecting, powerful and nuanced.

A sampler of Yiddish films (with English subtitles) on the Internet.

What's so funny -- and so Jewish?

Filmmakers find a uniquely Israeli voice.