Jewish History

Earlier this week, Ruth Franklin wrote about sharing a stage with Yann Martel and discussed whether anything new can be ...

On Monday, Ruth Franklin wrote about sharing a stage with Yann Martel. She is the author of A Thousand Darknesses: ...

I guess it was the recent New York Times profile of the hateful extremist Pamela Geller that set me off ...

Ruth Franklin is the author of A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction. She will be blogging all ...

At this year’s General Assembly of The Jewish Federations of North America, clear signs of the “tricky terrain” between the ...

Back in September, I moved to a new apartment. I’d been in my old place for two years, which was ...

“The merit of charity is so great that I am happy to give to 100 beggars even if only one ...

A while back, I gave a little plug to the National American Jewish History Museum that’s being built in Philadelphia. ...

Pop quiz: Are you totally grossed out by the idea of period sex? My intense research has lead me to ...

A couple of weeks back, we (the Jewish community) were up in arms when Rich Sanchez claimed, like so many ...

Now, I know you’re thinking, “Gee, that’s an easy question. Only on weekends when my friends and I are reenacting…something ...

There’s a new song/music video called Unity, and as you might expect the lyrics are a total cheesefest celebrating people ...