Culture

Norwegian Jews seek changes to national calendar that ignores most of their holidays

The current law on national holidays, which was updated last year, guarantees all employees 12 days off, many of them in connection with Christian holidays.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 27, 2022 3:20 pm

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How the murders of Jewish farmers connected an Argentine writer with his family’s past

A new book explores the triumphs and tragedies of Argentina’s first Jewish agricultural colony.

June 22, 2022 5:27 pm

"When Rabbis Abuse".

A new book explores abusive rabbis and the Jewish institutional culture that protects them

Author Elana Sztokman interviewed 84 survivors of alleged abuse and included around 200 additional survivor testimonies from various Jewish archives for “When Rabbis Abuse.”

June 22, 2022 4:59 pm

Drake and many brides

Drake holds a Jewish wedding (to 23 brides) in his latest music video

By Jackie Hajdenberg and Andrew Lapin June 17, 2022 4:28 pm

The incredible life of Alla Nazimova, Jewish superstar of the 1920s, is the focus of a new one-woman play

By Emily Jaeger June 16, 2022 2:56 pm

A young man at a party

Is ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ the first good bar/bat mitzvah movie?

By Andrew Lapin June 16, 2022 1:52 pm

Sue Bird

Jewish basketball legend Sue Bird will retire after this season

By Jacob Gurvis June 16, 2022 1:40 pm

Steph Curry

Stephen Curry wore a Hebrew sweatshirt at the NBA Finals

By Jacob Gurvis June 15, 2022 3:27 pm

Synagogue in a changing Brooklyn taps a ‘radical pluralist’ as its new rabbi

By Julia Gergely June 15, 2022 12:40 pm

Novelist A.B. Yehoshua, dissector and lover of Israel and the Jews, dies at 85

By Ron Kampeas June 14, 2022 5:52 pm

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