Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. You can find me at the confluence of food, beverage and travel. On Sunday, June 22nd, over 2,000 New Yorkers boated out to ...

Before a crackling fire in Passaic on Wednesday, dozens of Jewish families continued a Passover tradition meant to cleanse their households and their souls. The Jewish community gathered in Third Ward ...

The tradition of Jewish matchmaking dates back to, well, Genesis 24—so, well before the song "Matchmaker" of Fiddler on the Roof fame brought matchmaking to Broadway. And that's just the start of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two thousand years ago, Jews were divided between competing sects all based on the Jewish scriptures, but with different ...

Indian Jews smear animal blood on their doors. Ethiopian Jews gorge on chickpeas. Iraqis dump wine after the meal. And matzo might be soft and squishy, depending on where in the world the recipe hails ...

Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment invites reflection on how two ...

(JTA) — We grew up in South Carolina in the late 1960s and ’70s, one of us from the capital city, Columbia, and the other from the small town of Summerton. The foods served on our respective tables ...

The book offers a perspective on how language itself shapes the identity, and holiness of Jerusalem.

The Jewish day of Tisha B’Av remains a reminder for everyone that God remains present even in our deepest distress. God never abandons those who trust in him, and our light and momentary troubles are ...

A Yiddish translation of “Arabian Nights” sounds like the set-up to a Borscht Belt joke. Yet, as a recent finalist for a National Jewish Book Award shows, such a work is not only real, it testifies to ...