Religion

Brooklyn yeshiva to pay $5 million fine for defrauding the government

The Satmar-affiliated school siphoned off money meant to feed needy children.

Ramy Youssef opens up on filming in Israel, writing Jewish characters and reading Heschel

The third season of his award-winning Hulu show involves Orthodox diamond dealers, a West Bank Tinder date and a main character on a Jewish spiritual quest.

On the Turkish-Syrian border, a city’s last Jews watch the ending of an epoch

A visit with a few of the dozen or so Jews who remain in Antakya, formerly Antioch — a city that is closely intertwined with Jewish history and lore.

A decades-long love story inspired this Upper West Side sukkah

‘Black people are actually Jew[s]’: The historical origins of Kanye West’s inflammatory comments

The ancient Jewish practice of hakhel, an every-7-years gathering, gets a 21st-century revival

Across Ukraine, a somber High Holiday season captures how war has ravaged a growing Jewish community

How concierge IV therapy went from Instagram trend to pre-Yom Kippur hydration hack

‘Oh, to be in Awe again!’: US rabbis share their High Holiday messages

High Holiday prayers not working for you? Try remixing metaphors.

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