Beyond apples and honey: Rosh Hashanah traditions and foods from around the world From sugar-dipped apples in Turkey to pickled olives in Tunisia, Jewish communities have developed their own ways of welcoming the new year.
This week in Jewish history: Nazi naming laws and Operation Magic Carpet Nazi Germany tried to mark Jews through their names. A decade later, Operation Magic Carpet transported an entire Jewish community to Israel.
Who gets to name us? How Ari’el Stachel’s ‘Other’ rewrites what Jewish belonging looks like As a brown Jew with an Ashkenazi mom and Yemenite Israeli dad, Ari’el Stachel has learned to perform different selves. “Other” asks what wholeness looks like when every room wants a simpler story.
Yom HaPlitim: How one day honors a million displaced Jews Around a million Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews were expelled from Arab countries after 1947. Yom HaPlitim reclaims this forgotten refugee story.
7 Israeli artists who are bridging the religious-secular divide Blending universal themes and traditional sources, these artists create music that appeals to Israelis of all backgrounds.