History
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In the mountain villages of northern Portugal, behind closed doors and drawn curtains, families for centuries had been keeping secrets they could not fully explain. They lit candles on Friday evenings without knowing why. They avoided certain foods. They murmured prayers in garbled fragments of a language their grandparents' grandparents had once spoken freely. They […]
Human Interest
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Passover asks every generation to see itself as if it personally left Egypt. That charge has never felt more relevant than it does this year, as the war with Iran reshapes how Jews are seen, spoken about and targeted across the world. Since the war began, global antisemitism has surged, and what we teach our […]
Forget boring braids, it's all about key-shaped challah this Shabbat! Shlissel challah, Yiddish for "key challah," is a post-Passover tradition symbolizing unlocking prosperity for the coming year. Think of it as a bread-y good luck charm! Go ahead and sprinkle on some poppyseeds too, to remind us of the manna that fell in the desert […]
Ariella Zeitlin was heading to Juilliard and spiraling toward death at the same time. On the outside: a violin prodigy on the fast track to one of the world's most elite music schools. On the inside: a teenager buying cocaine and Adderall, climbing out her bedroom window at night, running a quiet double life no […]
Video
An anti-Israel channel claimed Israel is digging under the Al-Aqsa mosque, threatening its foundations — and that archaeologists have found nothing to prove Jews ever lived here. We took a tour to find out for ourselves.
