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Singer, composer and anthropologist Galeet Dardashti.

How Galeet Dardashti is reimagining a Persian High Holiday musical tradition

In her latest project, “Monajat,” the cantor and composer sings prayers for forgiveness with sampled recordings of her late grandfather, a one-time superstar in Iran.

By Lisa Keys September 20, 2024 11:38 am

California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art

The law follows an appeals court decision that allowed a contested Pissarro painting to remain in the hands of a Spanish museum.

September 19, 2024 6:01 pm

The deadly pager operation in Lebanon is no laughing matter. Or is it?

Memes celebrating the deaths of Hezbollah operatives spark a Jewish debate on social media.

September 19, 2024 7:48 am

‘The Hobbit’ actor Richard Armitage stars in ‘The Boy in the Woods,’ a film based on a child’s true story of surviving the Holocaust

By Julia Gergely September 18, 2024 4:42 pm

Jewish influencer Ellie Zeiler swaps jet-setting for Jerusalem, taking her 20M followers along

By Jackie Hajdenberg September 17, 2024 12:34 pm

Four Questions

‘It was a paradise of security’: 2 writers reflect on growing up Jewish in Queens in the 1970s

By Risa Doherty September 16, 2024 5:06 pm

Documentary about celebrity tailor and Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield premieres in NYC

By Chava Pearl Lansky September 16, 2024 3:22 pm

Alex Edelman wins Emmy for ‘Just For Us,’ his HBO comedy special on antisemitism and Jewish identity

By Ben Sales September 16, 2024 7:31 am

Four Questions

Old Jewish Men, the popular social media account, has a new guide to ‘futzing around’ and more

By Julia Gergely September 13, 2024 10:50 am

Michael Solomonov aims to simplify Israeli classics for home cooks in ‘Zahav Home’

By Rachel Ringler September 12, 2024 7:29 pm

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How Galeet Dardashti is reimagining a Persian High Holiday musical tradition

California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art

The deadly pager operation in Lebanon is no laughing matter. Or is it?

‘The Hobbit’ actor Richard Armitage stars in ‘The Boy in the Woods,’ a film based on a child’s true story of surviving the Holocaust

Jewish influencer Ellie Zeiler swaps jet-setting for Jerusalem, taking her 20M followers along

‘It was a paradise of security’: 2 writers reflect on growing up Jewish in Queens in the 1970s

Documentary about celebrity tailor and Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield premieres in NYC

Alex Edelman wins Emmy for ‘Just For Us,’ his HBO comedy special on antisemitism and Jewish identity

Old Jewish Men, the popular social media account, has a new guide to ‘futzing around’ and more

Michael Solomonov aims to simplify Israeli classics for home cooks in ‘Zahav Home’

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