1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (817+ words) In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026The Forward The first hint that Reunion is an unusual kind of Holocaust film comes from a music cue. An older man has traveled from New York City to…...

7+ hour, 41+ min ago  (748+ words) By Cathryn J. Prince The red stitching has long since faded, and the hand-woven linen has softened from white to ivory. Embroidered with a menorah, a double-headed eagle, a lion, and a Magen David, the 18th-century Torah binder is simple in…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (688+ words) By Hannah Feuer April 1, 2026 It was one of those only-in-New-York moments: Roughly 60 Jews packed into a muggy subway car, grape juice sloshing with every bump, preparing to hold a Passover Seder on the ride from Union Square to the Bronx....

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (513+ words) (JTA) " Amar'e Stoudemire, the American-Israeli basketball star who became a devout convert to Judaism after retiring, is reportedly headed to the hall of fame. Stoudemire will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 alongside Milwaukee Bucks…...

2+ day, 18+ min ago  (1393+ words) Alon Gildoni, left, and Ron Milo are the creators of "Haggadah on the Map," which traces the Israelites" journey as recounted in the Passover story. (Courtesy Alon Gildoni) (JTA) " In 2024, as Alon Gildoni and his brother-in-law, Ron Milo, prepared for…...

2+ day, 15+ min ago  (1089+ words) By Simone Saidmehr March 31, 2026 Indian Jews smear animal blood on their doors. Ethiopian Jews gorge on chickpeas. Iraqis dump wine after the meal. And matzo might be soft and squishy, depending on where in the world the recipe hails from....

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (768+ words) By PJ Grisar March 31, 2026 The Pickled City: The Story of New York Pickles By Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder Chronicle Books, 224 pages, $27 "Pickles are a favorite food in Jewtown," muckraker Jacob Riis, referring to the Lower East Side, wrote…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (529+ words) By Olivia Haynie March 30, 2026 Meehl has profiled unconventional figures in her past documentaries, such as Buck, about horse whisperer Dan "Buck" Brannaman, and The Dog Doc, about holistic veterinarian Marty Goldstein. Grashow, who passed away in September 2025, three months after…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (415+ words) It's inevitable " the beginning of spring and the scent of magnolias always remind me of Passover. There was a fire escape in front of that window, and when I was a teenager I'd sit on the windowsill and swing my…...

1+ week, 43+ min ago  (795+ words) By Louis Keene March 26, 2026 Antisemitism is on the rise. There's a war raging in the Middle East. Passover is bearing down on us and gas prices are higher than ever. And yet one morsel of good news came to Jewish…...