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Tradition, ‘Tradition!’ and the Memory of Topol on the Roof

A few years ago, I bought my father a T-shirt printed with the Yiddish words “Shver tsu zayn a yid”…

Health

The Bakers Reimagining Traditional Jewish Pastries

THE SCHNECKEN AT Edith’s, a Jewish deli in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, gleam with sugary glaze or drip with buttery icing, depending…

World

You Can’t Save Democracy in a Jewish State

The warnings come every day: Israeli democracy is in danger. Since Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government announced plans to undermine the…

World

George Santos and Being ‘Jew-ish’ Among Jews

I know I should be horrified by the revelations about George Santos, the representative-elect from Queens who seems to have…

World

Netanyahu’s New Ministers Have Very Strict Ideas About Who Is a Jew

For years, there has been a growing gap between Israelis and American Jews when it comes to Israel’s policies toward…

World

Day 25: That Time an Orthodox Jew Celebrated Christmas

The first and only time that Alex Edelman’s family celebrated Christmas, their tree was topped not by a star, but…

World

Did George Santos Also Mislead Voters About Being Jewish?

Genealogy websites cited by The Forward suggest that Mr. Santos’s grandparents were born in Brazil, and were not “Holocaust refugees,”…

World

Potato Latke Cocktail, Anyone?

In the winter of 2021, not long after President Biden’s inauguration, I walked into a small house party while another…

Arts

Contemplating a Canon of Jewish American Films

Two new films remind us that the experiences of U.S. Jews don’t often get the Hollywood treatment. When they do,…

World

What in the World Is Happening in Israel?

A week of reporting from Israel and the West Bank has left me feeling that the prospect for a two-state…

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