American Jewish World

by ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL (JTA) — The New York Times devoted much of its front page and three inside pages Sunday to a...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR At the funeral for Elissa “Lisa” Heilicher at Beth El Synagogue, Rabbi Alexander Davis began his eulogy...

Publicity for The Butcher’s Share (Oriente Musik), the new album by Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird, notes that the ensemble...

By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Like the wandering remnants of the Kingdom of Judah who finally found a home in Eretz Yisrael,...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Being Jewish should be a matter of choice, not descent, says Robert Mnookin, who says the...