As a professional translator of Yiddish literature, I was surprised by the characterization of the Australian Jewish ...

Born to a Christian mother, Rabbi Cody Bahir had a remarkable journey to the rabbinate that included receiving a post-doc in ...

After a series of sold-out Australian seasons, including a five-star run at the Sydney Opera House, Yentl, Kadimah Yiddish ...

What emerges in “Christmas in the Yiddish Tradition” is not a sentimental argument for reviving a lost holiday, nor a polemic ...

Yentl, a new stage adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story, will make its international premiere at Marylebone Theatre next spring.

Call me a softie, but I love a traditional Christmas Eve. If you don’t find me eating Chinese food and watching a movie, I ...

Norman Podhoretz, the neoconservative titan who edited Commentary magazine for 35 years, died Tuesday in Manhattan, New York, ...

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost age of Eastern European Jewry.

The Jewish Museum and Film at Lincoln Center have announced the full lineup for the 35th annual New York Jewish Film Festival ...

Jewish revival in Berlin, a Chassidic nurse gone viral, a rediscovered unique memoir, the story of a Satmar grocer, Chanukah ...

From rom-coms to courtroom drama to playing the Wolf of Wall Street’s irascible dad, the late filmmaker and actor put his heart and his hyper-specific sensibility into everything he touched.