Tag: American Jewish World

Nearly 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2018, evidence of a devastating addiction crisis and a related crisis in ...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his exemplary 2017 memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz, acclaimed ...

By DIKLA FRANCES Looking for an innovative way to incorporate apples into your Rosh Hashana menu? Look no further than ...

Reviewed by MORDECAI SPECKTOR Dubbed an "Ordway Original," Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller , a musical revue ...

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 ...

By GABE FRIEDMAN (JTA) — Bret Stephens has left Twitter abruptly, apparently motivated by a spat with a George Washington ...

By SAM SOKOL JERUSALEM (JTA) — Growing up secular in 1970s Tel Aviv, Gilad Kariv never expected to become a ...