When you think of Jewish actor Mark Feuerstein, you probably picture Dr. Hank Lawson—the charming concierge doctor at the heart of Royal Pains, USA Network’s hit series that ran for eight seasons. Or ...

We’ve all been there. You’re at a company barbecue when someone hands you a hot dog with a friendly nod. “Don’t worry,” they say. “It’s Hebrew National. That’s kosher, right?” To many Americans, ...

At the 2nd annual Jewish Media Awards, held at Lincoln Center on November 12, 2024, Mitchell Silk, Hasidic Jew and former Assistant Secretary for International Markets at the U.S. Treasury, was ...

In Texas’s Hill Country, floodwaters swallowed everything—homes, livestock, lives. Yet in the midst of the devastation, one small Jewish outpost stands as a beacon of hope. Rabbi Yossi and Malkie ...

One does not have to look far to see misinformed claims that Jews are “white Europeans” and “genetically European” widely circulating. Of course, these incorrect assertions are driven by an ...

Dear Jew in the City, I was curious about some of the run-ins I’ve had with the women in local Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox communities. Sadly, they’ve been pretty negative. I’m gonna guess that ...

Dear Jew in the City, Here’s a question that no one seems to be willing to answer … how can one EXIT the Jewish community and why doesn’t the religion allow for it?! I was born to a reformed family ...

The following movie review began with angry texts I sent to friends and colleagues yesterday, as I was watching You People, the number one movie now streaming on Netflix. It premiered on Holocaust ...

Are all Jews meant to be in Israel right now, or in general before Moshiach comes? And if we are, is that said to make his arrival come faster? The concept you’re discussing is called kibbutz galuyos, ...

On July 26th 2010, Charlene and Jonathan Aminoff went wave running with their sons (near their apartment in Miami) while their two year old daughter, Gali, napped by the pool with her nanny. When they ...

When I was first making the transition from Conservative to Orthodox, an observant Conservative family I knew invited me over for Shabbos essentially to have an “intervention.” “Look,” they told me, ...

While Orthodox Jewish male headcoverings are pretty easy to spot, married Orthodox Jewish women’s head coverings range from more to less subtle, depending on the style choice and community the woman ...