Arts & Life
You Should Know … Ilana Kornblatt
Ilana Kornblatt, 24, knows what it’s like to be involved in BBYO as both a teen participant and as a professional.
Kornblatt is the regional...
Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue selects Daniel Libeskind as lead architect for major renovation...
By Toby Tabachnick
Daniel Libeskind, the internationally renowned architect who designed the World Trade Master Plan in New York following 9/11, has been chosen as...
Columbia psychologist Brad Sachs treats freewheeling emotions
By Tony Glaros
Peering at COVID-19’s roiling effects through a steady, objective lens, Brad Sachs, a Columbia psychologist, doesn’t mince words when articulating the pandemic’s...
Opinion
Opinion | ‘When the Dodgers left Brooklyn’
By Phil Jacobs
I was sitting in the rabbi’s office.
We were interviewing for a feature story.
He was Chasidic. He told me about his Brooklyn childhood,...
Confronting domestic abuse
During the past year, home has been a safe haven for most people. It was the comfortable refuge from the deadly pandemic, which predominantly...
Biden’s 100 day speech
President Joe Biden marked his 100th day in office last week with a nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress. He spoke...
Nation and World
Israeli centrist Yair Lapid is given an opportunity to replace Benjamin Netanyahu
Yair Lapid, an Israeli centrist, has officially been given the opportunity to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from power.
On Wednesday, President Reuven Rivlin gave Lapid the...
Did Netanyahu just lose? Here’s what happened Tuesday in Israeli politics
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to form a government by the deadline imposed by Israeli law, thrusting the country into uncertain political...
What is Israel’s Mount Meron and why were so many Orthodox Jews gathered there...
“If you haven’t seen the joy of Lag b’Omer on the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, you haven’t seen joy at all,” wrote...
Food & Dining
The sides have it
By Keri White
I have played around with vegetables of late. And as spring finds its stride and we turn to lighter fare and simply...
How to make pampushky
By Sonya Sanford
Pampushky are fluffy, soft Ukrainian garlic bread rolls. Ukraine was known as the “breadbasket” of the Soviet Union, and both garlic and...
The secret not-so-Jewish history of gefilte fish
By Rachel Ringler
Some see gefilte fish as a delicacy, others as something too disgusting to contemplate. Either way, it would probably appear on most people’s short...
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