Culture

When soccer and bar mitzvah dreams collide

Playing and praying have their benefits now, but parents have to think about future.

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Mariusz Robert Opałko, holding a Torah scroll, and Michael Freund at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel on June 9, 2013. (Courtesy of Shavei Israel)

When elders reveal they are Jewish on their deathbeds, their children often return to Judaism

In places where identifying as Jewish used to be dangerous, the dying unburden themselves of an old secret.

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Being a Jewish summer camp counselor taught me everything I need to know in life

Here are five of the most translatable skills from a veteran of the camp scene.

Guests stopping by for coffee? Serve this classic marble pound cake recipe.

NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson gets baptized in Israel

The Dutch rap performer known as Anne Frank. (Courtesy photo)

Dutch rapper drops Anne Frank stage name following outcry over anti-Semitism

What preparing a Jewish body for burial is really like

Gary Rosenblatt

Gary Rosenblatt stepping down as editor and publisher of The New York Jewish Week

Barcelona’s oldest house is now a Jewish cultural center

Germans protest neo-Nazi rock festival by buying up an entire town’s beer supply

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