Features
A conversation with Penfield Tate III
Steve MarkMar 21, 2024
On the cusp of turning 68, Penfield Tate III has lived through and studied the numerous mutations of how we talk and relate with each other. As an aide to former Denver...
Purim in wartime
Steve MarkMar 21, 2024
We are, it seems, at an emotional crossroads. How do we celebrate the most joyful and raucous of Jewish holidays when there is a tragic scarcity of joy in our lives?
Brooklyn bakery cranks out hundreds of thousands of hamantaschen for Purim
JTAMar 21, 2024
In Borough Park, Brooklyn, a massive bakery thinks it has found the secret ingredient to baking hundreds of thousands of hamantaschen every Purim season.
Florida museum lands Wiesel trove
Special to the IJNMar 07, 2024
For about a year, officials at the Florida Holocaust Museum (FHM) in downtown St. Petersburg kept a closely guarded secret that the museum was seeking to become the...
Spiritual defense — ‘Partners in Protection’
Steve LipmanFeb 22, 2024
Elad ben Batya is the Hebrew name of the soldier, likely serving in Gaza during the last few months, in whose merit Terri Moore, a third-generation Jewish resident of...
They can’t keep Shabbat in Gaza, so we’ll do it
Deborah Fineblum, JNSJan 18, 2024
Through Shabbat 4 Soldier, Toronto households are keeping Shabbat — most for the first time — for soldiers who are fighting in Gaza.
At the shiva home of Ben Zussman
Special to the IJNDec 13, 2023
Personal essay from Israel: Visits to two shiva homes, including that of Ben Zussman, reveal the fabric of the Jewish people. When we blend together as one nation, we...
Frozen in time
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTANov 23, 2023
A pocket watch, frozen in time when the Titanic sank, sold at auction Nov. 18 for £83,000 ($101,600).