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Looking at Jews and Native Americans side by side, you might think there’s no way to mix up the two cultures. Yarmulkes and eagle-feather headdresses look quite different, after all. But some early colonial Americans thought, upon discovering the earlier inhabitants of the Americas, that they were the Chosen People–perhaps one (or more) of the Ten Lost Tribes. Early American […]

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We love it when celebrities share their favorite recipes with us. But we have to say, modern celeb/chefs like Jessica Seinfeld and even our beloved Mayim can’t hold a candle to the 1975 book Celebrity Kosher Cookbook. Originally a benefit for L.A.’s Synagogue for the Performing Arts, the recipes are down-to-earth—sometimes too down-to-earth. The glamour […]

People ask a lot of their vacations these days, from weight loss to spiritual fulfillment. For two groups of entrepreneurial Jews in the post-war era, vacation seemed an opportunity to give people an outlet for newfound prosperity and a respite from war-weariness—with just a gleam of socialist idealism. The Borscht Belt of the 1950s, of […]

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