A Manhattan synagogue explores the rich, surprising history of Jews and chocolate “Sweet Treat: Chocolate and the Making of American Jews” is now on view at Central Synagogue. By Rachel Ringler December 20, 2023 3:10 pm
Four Questions A new photo book celebrates the very Jewish cafeteria culture of a vanished New York Brooklyn native Marcia Bricker Halperin captures a lost world in “Kibbitz & Nosh: When We All Met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria.” May 11, 2023 11:50 am
Long Island’s new Jewish history museum means business The museum’s first exhibit, about the history of the area’s Jewish businesses, is now on view at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove. October 14, 2022 12:19 pm
Nearly half the Jewish sites in Syria have been ruined. The fate of most Iraqi sites is unknown. By Cnaan Liphshiz June 5, 2020 3:16 pm
Ideas How an Italian earthquake in 1570 created the first Modern Orthodox Jew By Henry Abramson March 29, 2019 9:55 am
Ideas The Romans tried to ban wild Purim parties in 408 CE – for a very good reason By Henry Abramson March 12, 2019 11:00 am
Ideas Mizrahi Jewish spies fought to build Israel. Their descendants still encounter racism there. By Hen Mazzig March 5, 2019 11:46 am
A notorious pogrom spawned some long-running myths. This historian is dispelling them. By Sue Fishkoff April 5, 2018 1:41 pm