American Jewish World

By JOHN OSTFIELD Purim should be canceled this year! Why is that true? The Book of Esther, with its combination...

By DORIS RUBENSTEIN In the early part of the 20th century, my dad grew up in a small coal mining...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Utterly preposterous, profanity laden and very clever, The Golem of Brooklyn is an unpredictable, crazy-quilt twist...

By EARL SCHWARTZ Nearly 80 years have passed since Israel’s founders signed its Declaration of Independence, which includes the pledge...

Minnesota’s Jewish U.S. attorney Andy Luger spoke on the Temple Israel bima during a Jan. 25 community forum on antisemitism....