Culture

After losing friends on Oct. 7, this Israeli NCAA basketball player looks for an escape on the court

“Trying to stay on top of school and basketball and also knowing everything going on at home was hardest the first week, and it still is hard,” said Romi Levy, who has her eyes on a breakout season.

An all-Jewish, all-queer lineup of comedians takes the stage at New York Comedy Festival

Hosted by nonbinary and formerly Orthodox comedian Raye Schiller, “Big Yenta Energy” celebrates Judaism, queer identities — and gossip.

Four Questions

A Bukharian comedian mines his Jewish identity in his debut standup solo show

Natan Badalov never felt comfortable growing up in “Ashkenazi spaces and American Jewish spaces.”

20 Jewish men’s and women’s college basketball players to watch in 2023-24

How New Yorker writer Ariel Levy adapted Philip Roth’s filthiest book for the stage

Wexner-funded museum says it will keep up exhibit by Palestinian artist who appeared to celebrate Hamas on social media

A Muslim family saved a Jewish one from the Nazis. 50 years later, the Jewish family returned the favor in Sarajevo.

Artforum staff resign in protest after editor fired over publication of anti-Israel open letter

Sad, scared, proud, alone: How US Jewish teens are feeling amid the Israel-Hamas war

After 47 years and 900 wins, this Jewish basketball coach is a legend at his Catholic college

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