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HEAR Act Expands Efforts to Recover Nazi-Looted Art
Thanks to new legal protections, the heirs of priceless works of art have a stronger chance than ever to recover their family’s stolen property.
The Jewish Couple Behind Maryland’s Kosher Farm Distillery
Hadassah member Megan Draheim and her husband turned a shared dream into Maryland’s Song Dog Farm Distillery, where locally sourced, kosher-certified spirits take center stage.
A Community by and for Asian American Jews
Founded during the pandemic, the LUNAR Collective has become a national network where Asian American Jews can celebrate the fullness of their identities.
New Memoirs Reveal a Different Side of the Jewish Catskills
Behind the famed Catskills resorts were radical hoteliers, Holocaust survivors, chicken farmers and families whose stories are only now being told in ‘The Red Hotel’ and ‘Divine Corner.'
A Rising Tide of Jewish Visibility in Annapolis
Colonial streets, Chesapeake views and a thriving Jewish community make Maryland's capital one of the East Coast's most rewarding weekend escapes.
Our Readers’ Most Admired American Jewish Women
They broke barriers, shaped American culture and embraced their Jewish identity. Meet the women who continue to inspire Hadassah Magazine readers.
The Fight for Jewish Feminism Continues
Prof. Susannah Heschel explores the breakthroughs that transformed Jewish life and the barriers women and nonbinary scholars still face.
Compromise and Hard Choices for Jews in America
From the nation’s founding to the present, generations of Jews have wrestled with the same question: How do you become fully American without ceasing to be fully Jewish?
New Jewish Books Illuminate Forgotten Stories
From Jewish immigrant life in Vermont to a Paris hotel serving as a shelter for Jews after WWII and more, these new books explore parts of Jewish history.
Why Jews Keep Going Back to the Catskills
This summer, a full-length documentary, an Off-Broadway play and an exhibition at a local museum evoke the spirit of the Borscht Belt's heyday.
The Jewish Men and Women of the Revolution
Jewish soldiers, merchants and families helped build a new nation while the Revolutionary War reshaped their communities, laying the foundation for Jewish life in America.
How Cinnamon Preserved My Sephardic Family’s Story
For three generations, a dash of cinnamon has carried my Moroccan Jewish family's memories, traditions and recipes across America.
The Family Business That Helped Make Jewish Food American
For more than a century, the Lower East Side appetizing store has nourished generations of customers with herring, bagels, babka and other foods rooted in Ashkenazi Jewish tradition.
Southern Jewry’s Complicated Story
An adapted excerpt from 'The Jewish South' explores the complicated history of migrant Jews who flourished within a slaveholding society.
A Snapshot of the Sephardic American Experience
Ashkenazi stories have long dominated the American Jewish narrative. Now, a landmark study is bringing the Sephardic and Mizrahi experience into sharper focus.
Sephardic and Mizrahi Women Reflect on Jewish Life in America
From Ladino songs in Seattle to Syrian Shabbat dinners in Brooklyn, these women are preserving the foods, languages and customs that have shaped their families for generations.
New Books Explore the Southern Jewish Experience
In two recently published books, one memoir, and one nonfiction, Nicholas Lemann and Shari Rabin explore how southern Jews balanced faith, identity and privilege.
REVIEW: ‘Always Carry Salt’
Judeo-Iraqi Arabic writer Samantha Ellis explores the details of her heritage through family stories, global travel and historical texts in her new book.
REVIEW: ‘Place Envy’
Michael Lowenthal's first collection of essays follows his search for a place to call home as a gay Jewish man shaped by his family's history.
REVIEW: ‘Porcupines’
Fran Fabriczki’s debut novel dives into the complexities of human intimacies through the connection and love of a Hungarian Jewish family.
Hadassah Birth Rates Skyrocket Amid Wars
Hadassah is known not only for high birth rates but also, Dr. David Shveiky, notes, its medical professionalism and standards of high care for each patient.
The Hebrew Root for Pleasure, Delicacies and Edna Ferber
This root is the perfect celebratory expression for the milestone of America's 250th anniversary.
REVIEW: ‘Spinning at the Edges’
Elizabeth Poliner's latest novel focuses on an interconnected group of characters struggling with inherited trauma, fractured relationships and the search for belonging.
How I Went to Jewish Summer Camp on the Cow Plan
In the late 1970s, the writer's father, a dairy farmer in Goshen, N.Y., got a call from Mel Reisfield, who ran Camp Tel Yehudah. Mel wanted their cows.
Lisa Edelstein Paints Our Jewish Family
A new exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles showcases the actress and her husband’s artistic journey into Jewish ritual, family and memory.
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