Readers who have seen "Fiddler on the Roof" will recognize the background of "Wandering Stars" : a Jewish community in a Russian village of a century ago, practicing its faith, traditions and language ...

Readers who have seen "Fiddler on the Roof" will recognize the background of "Wandering Stars": a Jewish community in a Russian village of a century ago, practicing its faith, traditions and language ...

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Jeremy Dauber is the Atran Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Columbia University, where he also serves as director of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and teaches in ...

“Let me tell you a story,” beckons the voice of narrator Alan Rosenberg (TV’s “Harry’s Law”), reading aloud from one of Jewish author Shalom Aleichem’s many books. And that is precisely what “Sholem ...

Her songs and soul always felt timeless, often joyful, her contributions to the liturgy are everpresent, and yet the fact of Debbie Friedman’s passing one year ago, January, remains painful and ...

Tonight at the Barbican's Pit, kicking off a run of ten performances, a rather unusual piece of theatre opens. It's not a big play, it probably won't make great waves and it does involve reading ...

We Jews cherish the allusions, aspirations and emotions intimately associated with certain Hebrew words. One such word is shalom, which, in everyday usage, can mean either “hello” or “goodbye.” The ...

Despite a long life of distinguished writing, it’s not without irony that Sholem Aleichem today is probably known to most people as the guy who wrote the story behind “Fiddler on the Roof.” Although ...