Culture

Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of ‘Prozac Nation,’ dies of breast cancer at age 52

The famed Jewish writer became an advocate for testing for the BRCA gene mutation, which disproportionately affects Jewish women.

Ideas

The NYC anti-Semitism march was incredible. But it shouldn’t overshadow Judaism’s main purpose.

While survival is of course essential, fighting anti-Semitism should not be confused with our foundational purpose, writes the president of Yeshiva University.

Ideas

I was skeptical about the march against anti-Semitism. I was wrong.

I was worried that the rally wouldn’t be diverse, and I also wasn’t used to proclaiming my Jewish identity so publicly, writes the editor of Kveller.

A barman preparing a cocktail at Kosher Bar in Odessa, Ukraine on Sept. 25, 2019. (Courtesy of Kosher Bar)

The first kosher bar in the former Soviet Union serves up cocktails and Torah lessons

Audiences loved ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish, but Yiddish itself still gets no love

Golden Globes 2020: Quentin Tarantino’s Hebrew and other Jewish moments

Victor Shargai and Actress Susan Lynskey exchnaging their affection at an awards event in Washington DC, the United States on April 21, 2014. (Kate Warren for The Washington Post via Getty Images).

DC theater leader Victor Shargai dies at 83

90,000 Orthodox Jews celebrated the Talmud on New Year’s Day. So did these 350 secular teens.

The Hasidic response to the Monsey attacks? Nuanced debate about what comes next.

10 ways American Jewish life changed in the 2010s

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