Deborah Tannen, a professor in the department of linguistics at Georgetown, analyzed the multifaceted nature of American Jewish speech on Wednesday evening in theBioethics Research Library. “Don’t ...

The trauma of Oct. 7 and the war that has raged since dominated the thoughts of Jewish opinion writers in 2024, and the essays JTA published in its Ideas section. Most of these essays asked more ...

Earlier this week, Joanna Hershon wrote about a memorial service she attended for a friend’s father. Her new novel, “A Dual Inheritance,” was published earlier this month by Ballantine Books. Her blog ...

'Great Conversation': Bloom's book angered many Jewish people A secular Jewish writer, Stephen Bloom had a sort of visceral religious epiphany in the middle of trying to report about the unusual ultra ...

Following countless acts of antisemitism in and around the University of Florida campus in the new year alone, religious and academic institutions alike in Gainesville decided to take a stand. UF ...

Nine members of CTeen France met US Ambassador Charles Kushner in Paris on May 4, discussing life as Jewish teens in France ...

Jewish American Heritage Month should be a celebration of the contributions Jews have made to American life. From medicine, ...

Here’s what I wish for my daughters: Fifteen years from now–when they go to college, I’ll come visit them on campus. They’ll introduce me to dear friends they’ve made from diverse backgrounds. Then we ...

On Oct. 7, 2023 Jonah Platt was rehearsing for the West Coast premiere of the play “The Engagement Party” at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood. It’s a play about a friendly gathering that devolves into ...

In a time when Jewish trauma is being weaponized and used to justify the Israeli genocide against Palestinians, the book An Anti-Zionist Path to Embodied Jewish Healing: Somatic Practices to Heal ...