Reminiscent of the richly drawn mini societies that the late Israeli author Dalya Bilu used to create, Shoham’s world of African asylum seekers in Israel has all the…

Cookbook author and New York City chef Kim Kushner is out with her latest, "The New Kosher," and we're highlighting her stuffed halibut, shaved brussels sprouts and crispy…

Jews settled in Shanghai in three successive waves, finding haven, refuge and success in real estate and other business enterprises.

On November 4, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln penned a brief letter on official letterhead (“Executive Mansion, Washington”) to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. “I believe

With music—particularly East European Jewish music—woven through his family DNA and early childhood, a career rooted in klezmer was bashert.

A review of Anita Diamant's new novel, "The Boston Girl."

A cluster of some 500 caves and cave complexes, dug by hand over many centuries, is Israel’s ninth and newest Unesco World Heritage Site.

This staged version shares many elements with the 1951 film. The Gershwins’ score is glorious, the dancing superb and the plot—an ex-G.I. stays on in Paris after World…