In Yiddish, this first haircut is called an Upsherin. This translates to “cutting off”. In modern Hebrew, Israeli’s use the ...

There is no place for the penthouse.” Finally, he said he would send the Palestinians to Mars. “It will be Ha-Mars,” he said.

Ronny Chieng, Gary Gulman and other comics are experimenting with long buildups that can be audacious … when they work.

The stage-managed spectacle of Israeli hostages being released in Gaza serves political interests on both sides. Hamas’ ...

Judaism is not a religion of blind obedience. Indeed, astonishingly in a religion of 613 commandments, there is no Hebrew word that means to obey.

Hamas in civilian clothes, or, more likely “ordinary” Gazans bringing their children for this show (by the way, they all look really well fed)? Are the supporters of Hamas, including university ...

Letter writers write in about Democracy and the nature of higher powers. For some of us, the dawn of the second Trump administration engenders strong feelings of caution. For others, it’s about ...

Millie Baran collaborates with Albert Marquès — composer, pianist and New York City public school teacher — as part of a musical project to amplify marginalized voices.

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Thursday's prisoner-for-hostage swap marked the third round of exchanges as a ceasefire deal ...

Already, the fragile deal has come under considerable stress, and it could collapse in the weeks to come. Yet for the time ...

Mr. Gershon Wachtel, a virtuoso pianist and motivational speaker, tells of his first confusing encounter with Chabad, and its life-changing effect.