With the rising popularity of social networking sites and DNA testing, there are rich resources for genealogy detectives.

One descendent of Crypto-Jews recognizes her life has come full circle, after her formal conversion—or return—to Judaism in 2011.

Echoes of the Borscht Belt: Contemporary Photographs by Marisa Scheinfeld Scheinfeld’s photos of resorts in the Catskills Mountains are both haunting and beautiful. After entertaining Jewish

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The Book of Esther Composer David Homan and choreographer Ariel Grossman have collaborated on this contemporary all-female ballet that explores women’s empowerment through the Purim

By 2008, Kantor's pictures are in color and include more people—a young woman and her baby, children rehearsing to perform at a retirement home, a table spread with…