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The Best Lox to Buy at the Supermarket

Not to fret — you can find great quality smoked salmon right at the grocery store.

Great Books for—and about—Jewish LGBTQ Teens

According to education theorist Rudine Simms Bishop, fiction should serve as both a mirror and a window. That is, books ...

Arise! Arise! The Back Story

I’ve adored illuminated manuscripts all my life — as a child and teenager, these were the postcards I’d take home ...

Darin Strauss on Faith

Darin Strauss’s most recent book, Half a Life: A Memoir, is now available. He will be blogging all week for ...

The Secret Garden

Reading the Torah has always fascinated me. I grew up in a home of leyners (readers of Torah, traditionally men) ...

Nigella Lawson’s 7 Best Jewish Recipes

From noodle kugel to an unexpected haroset recipe.

The Vitality of the Hebrew Language

What are the secrets of its survival?

Call Me Kalman

Exploring the roots of a Hebrew name.

After the Wedding Ceremony

After the wedding, bride and groom retreat to a seclusion room, rejoin their guests for a festive meal, and then celebrate with friends and family for the next seven days.

Jews in Hollywood, 1930-1950

American Jews and the making of the movie industry.

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