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Prayer remains vital to our religious experience, even if God doesn't swoop down to remove tumors.

Traditional Judaism answers with an emphatic "yes!"

All denominations of Judaism prohibit assisted suicide and euthanasia, but there is some room for nuance.

From the Borscht Belt to Broadway and beyond

A history of visual depictions of the Hebrew Bible.

An index of common Jewish blessings recited on food, ritual performances and on other occasions.

New York was a hub of clothing production, with sweatshops the first American workplace for many newly arrived Jews.

A profile of the anarchist and lifelong advocate for social justice.

A brief history of the place where so many Jewish immigrants entered the U.S.

A mid-20th-century haven for Jews trying to get away from it all.

Falsely accused of murdering a girl, a Jewish man was killed by a white mob in Georgia in 1915.