Arts & Culture
Kenneth Feinberg helps 9/11 families find ‘Worth’ in Obama-produced Netflix movie
Review
By Andrew Lapin
At a key moment in the new Netflix film “Worth,” Kenneth Feinberg, the real-life architect of the compensation fund for 9/11 victims,...
‘It’s time to come home’: 7 American rabbis share reflections amid challenging High Holiday...
By Jacob Gurvis
Any rabbi seeking to connect his or her High Holiday sermons to current events has plenty to draw from this year.
There’s the...
Ed Asner, who won Emmys as Lou Grant and delighted in ‘Up,’ dies at...
Ed Asner, the Emmy award-winning Jewish actor who trademarked a gruff, flawed and loving persona as Lou Grant in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”...
Nation and World
Paul Strauss has been a Washington shadow senator for decades. Jewish values still motivate...
Being a shadow senator pays about as much as you’d think any job title with “shadow” in it would pay — nothing. It also...
Cardin, Jewish groups rally behind Muslim Biden nominee attacked by Republicans
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin (D) is one of Israel’s staunchest defenders in Congress — and he thinks Republican attacks on one of President Joe...
Progressive Jewish leaders condemn AIPAC for ads slamming ‘Squad’ members
Dozens of progressive Jewish leaders have signed a letter condemning the Israel lobby AIPAC for social media ads targeting Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
Food and Dining
Break the Fast with Italian Jewish Food
By Linda Morel
I’m in a mixed marriage.
While my family emigrated from the Ashkenazi heartland of Germany and Lithuania, my husband David’s family came from...
Sweets for a holiday brunch
I have fond (pre-COVID) memories of a dear friend who hosted an open house brunch every year on Rosh Hashanah for friends and fellow members...
Chilled (or not) fresh tomato soup
By Ronnie Fein
You hear it every year: The high holidays are either early or late, never on time.
This year is an early one –...
