Editorial: A look back at the year 5777
It was a doozy of a Jewish year, 5777. And based upon the first week of 5778, we will need...
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Barton Fink has a case of writer’s block
"I’m having a little trouble getting started,” explains Barton Fink (John Turturro) to Hollywood film studio exec Ben Geisler (Tony...
An unexpected ending from Nathan Englander
Dinner at the Center of the Earth, by Nathan Englander, Knopf, 252 pages, $26.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Nathan Englander...
Hummus unites Jews and Muslims in Argentina
By JTA STAFF (JTA) — “Make Hummus, Not War.” That was the message behind a recent event that brought local...
These photos of Holocaust survivors from the SS Exodus are incredible
In July 1947, more than 4,500 Jews from the camps boarded the Exodus in France and set sail for Palestine...