Culture
The British Museum with visitors outside, Feb. 28, 2025. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
May 28, 2026, 1:36 pm
British Museum postpones a Jewish Culture Month lecture, citing ‘disruption’ concerns
The museum said it made the decision following discussions with “organisers and security partners.”
By Kelly Hartog
(Photo by Joe Hendrickson via iStock)
April 29, 2026, 10:19 pm
An Indiana town had no Jewish cemetery. When its mayor died, it built one
Aurora had no Jewish cemetery in 1871. After Marcus Levy’s death, residents refused to send him away — and set out to consecrate ground and raise a monument
By Austin Albanese
Rabbi Rafi Ellenson (L) and Rabbi Arielle Stein (R), the creators of the "Rabbinic Fit Check" Instagram account. (JTA/Rafi Ellenson)
December 30, 2025, 12:15 pm
On Instagram, ‘Rabbinic Fit Check’ is a look book for Jewish clergy
With “what they’re wearing” posts, Rabbis Arielle Stein and Rafi Ellenson showcase the humanity, and diversity, of the rabbinate.
By Grace Gilson
Guinness World Records. (Photo by Ryan Smith, courtesy of flickr.com)
December 10, 2025, 9:41 am
Iran in, Israel out: Guinness sets a new record for hypocrisy
The selective cultural and economic targeting of Israel represents a profound ethical failure.
By Revital Yakin Krakovsky
Pittsburgh downtown view (Photo by Zongxi Li via iStock)
November 12, 2025, 12:50 pm
Bridges in Pittsburgh
"Living in Pittsburgh has taught me that this city, for all its grit and gray skies, has an unmatched heart."
By Hassan Abidi
Inside a synagogue sanctuary, as new research sheds light on how fewer rabbis are choosing pulpit life. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
November 12, 2025, 10:47 am
Empirical study of US rabbinate finds ‘shortage’ is more about fit than numbers
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Restored synagogue interior, Lancut, Poland, 2012. (Credit: Courtesy of David Kaufman, via JNS)
November 6, 2025, 8:22 am
‘Jewish life more fragile than ever,’ says photographer of Jewish cemeteries
“Every place we went, there was someone who knew where the former cemetery or synagogue was,” David Kaufman told JNS.
By Dave Gordon
The new Aron ha-Kodesh at Camp Tel Yehudah (Photo courtesy of Camp Tel Yehudah)
October 16, 2025, 9:46 am
Pittsburgh Catholics partner with Philly man to create new Torah ark for Jewish camp
Pittsburgh's Sirofchuck family worked together to create the new Aron ha-Kodesh for Camp Tel Yehuda.
By Braden Hamelin
Campers and staff don blue and white for EKC's Israel Day (Photo by Claire Lipman)
July 31, 2025, 10:24 am
New traditions and timeless pride shine at EKC’s annual Israel Day
"It’s the highlight of the summer that helps deepen our campers’ connection to Jewish identity and community.” — Aaron Cantor
By Andrew Rich
Waterfall and lilies at the Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden (Photo courtesy of Helena Nichols)
July 22, 2025, 1:13 pm
Biblical roots, modern community: Rodef Shalom garden thrives nearly 40 years on
The space fosters community as well as education.
By Andrew Rich
A photo taken July 28, 1906, shows Jewish agricultural settlers mingling with gauchos and soldiers. (Courtesy of YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)
June 27, 2025, 2:37 pm
Otto Frank’s refugee file, a Rothschild Talmud and a menorah bong tell the story of the Jewish past — and future
YIVO’s centennial publication gives a glimpse of history through 100 objects
By PJ Grisar
Rabbi Levi and Hindy Rosenblum (Photo courtesy of Hindy Rosenblum)
June 13, 2025, 9:38 am
South Hills Jewish Festival to celebrate culture and community
Music, food and fun
By Andrew Rich
Patrick Dennis's first novel, “Auntie Mame,” reached number one on the fiction bestseller list in the summer of 1955. A few weeks later, Herman Wouk’s “Marjorie Morningstar” claimed the top spot. (Grace Yagel)
June 12, 2025, 1:47 pm
70 years ago, these beach reads explained Jews to America
“Auntie Mame” and “Marjorie Morningstar,” writes a historian, were set in a New York City where Jews were prospering, and antisemites were out of fashion.
By Rachel Gordan
Jews and non-Jews sit together in Belfast Hebrew Congregation in Northern Ireland, March 2025. (Rosario Del Valle)
May 31, 2025, 11:24 pm
Northern Ireland’s lone synagogue aims to stave off decline by engaging Christian neighbors
But steep pro-Palestinian sentiment, an aging population and the departure of the spiritual leader are all challenges.
By Rosario Del Valle
Leonard Bernstein conducting a rehearsal in one of the "barns" at Tanglewood Music Center in Western Massachusetts. (BSO Press Office)
May 11, 2025, 10:31 pm
The 20th century was very good for these Jewish icons. Is the Golden Age really over?
Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer and Leonard Bernstein are the “unruly” subjects of David Denby’s 'Eminent Jews.'
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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