Kornik. Lutomiersk. Przedborz. Obscure today, perhaps, but these Polish cities and countless others with Jewish quarters were home to bustling communities throughout the 1,000-year history

Max the bagel man is beaming, bathed in light; looped in each hand are two strings of bagels that he is rushing to a restaurant

FILMS In Darkness The emotions and setting of this Polish film are dark indeed, as it re-creates the experiences of a dozen Jewish men, women

“The Magnes” announces the big, lit-up silver sign on the façade of the low-slung, burnt-orange building in downtown Berkeley, California. The modern 25,000-square-foot building, a former printing

Films The Names of Love On the surface a romantic comedy about Arab-Jewish relations, French sociopolitics and the Holocaust, this charming film has characters chatting

When the city of Lod decided to widen a road in 1996, archaeologist Miriam Avissar was called in. The construction was to take place near

It was a summer evening at the Dead Sea. The wind breathed fire, but with every passing hour the air grew calmer and the temperature

In our pop culture world, we recognize the actor before we remember the playwright, the dancer before the choreographer and the singer before the songwriter.