Culture

In a book on weirdness, author Olga Khazan lays out the costs of being different

The Atlantic writer and product of the former Soviet Union included her Jewish roots in personal parts of the book.

Israeli falafel shop owner cries during TV interview and becomes a symbol of coronavirus’ economic toll

After Yuval Carmi’s emotional Channel 13 interview, he received offers of assistance from strangers and a call from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Jozef Walaszczyk, who saved more than 50 Jews during the Holocaust, tells his story at a restaurant in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 28, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

A love affair that made him risk everything: Poland’s oldest rescuer of Jews reveals an epic WWII story

When Nazis caught Jozef Walaszczyk and his future Jewish wife in a hotel room, he hatched an ingenious plan.

With services online, many synagogues are seeing greater attendance — at least for now

Shel Silverstein lived in a houseboat for almost 10 years. You can now own it.

Minnesota high school students mock Jews being sent to Auschwitz in TikTok video

‘Remembrance is constantly evolving’: This year’s Yom Hashoah Holocaust memorials are forced online by the coronavirus

I cover anti-Semitism on a daily basis. This is why ‘The Plot Against America’ is the scariest show I’ve seen.

‘What We Do in the Shadows’ is the best show you’re not watching

Jerusalem’s Old City, virtual reality edition: A game brings quarantined people around the world into the holy neighborhood

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