American Jewish World

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his 2012 book, The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs, Michael Feinstein writes:...

By MICHAEL FOX According to the old saw, “all politics is local.” To ultra-Orthodox widower Yaacov Cohen, it’s not just...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If you’re fond of short, strange, sad stories, you’ll love Etgar Keret’s new book. The title...

(Editor’s note: We’re pleased to publish this debut column by Adrian Glass-Moore, the Jewish World’s assistant editor. Adrian, 27, is...

Once a month, a freezer truck from Chicago would pull into the Fargo synagogue parking lot where his family and...