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Exploitation and moral responsibility in Holocaust filmmaking

Films and television shows are comfortable with Jewish themes and characters--and, often, with distorting Judaism.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) changed the face of American poetry.

A poem from Emma Lazarus's 1871 collection Ademtus and Other Poems

The poetry of Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), best known for the verse inscribed on the Statue of Liberty pedestal

In Hebrew, English and Yiddish, this legendary Israeli singer has created an unparalleled body of music.

The origins of a small Jewish movement that embraces a cultural identity while rejecting a belief in God.

What it means to be a contemporary mother and to be a Jewish mother today

Selections from two tehines (women's prayers)

Not part of the fixed liturgy, women used these prayers to commemorate special holidays and special times in their lives.

From the beginning of biblical time, man has struggled to break his binding ties in order to become free, independent, and fully human.

The earliest phase of mourning, aninut, which occurs between death and burial, applies to immediate family members.