He’s back to playing like Fred Hersch
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his exemplary 2017 memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz, acclaimed...
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A storied palace in Prague
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER World War I ended the power of European monarchs, but a final palace would yet arise...
My congregation prayed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Here’s how we are coping this Rosh Hashana.
By BETH KISSILEFF PITTSBURGH (JTA) — Our sages teach us that “kol hatchalot kashot,” all beginnings are difficult. This phrase...
‘Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews?’ Malaysia’s leader asks at Columbia
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN NEW YORK (JTA) — The prime minister of Malaysia defended his past anti-Semitic statements and questioned the...
Alex Borstein’s ‘Step out of line’ speech at the Emmys was a perfect display of Jewish pride
By JORDANA HORN SHORT HILLS, N.J. (JTA) — Whether you watched the Emmys on Sunday night or or not, chances...