Robert Gluck / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Robert Gluck / JNS.org
At the Jewish Museum, Hanukkah Menorahs Are More Than Ceremonial
JNS.org - New York’s Jewish Museum is shining a bright light on the many forms and enduring ritual uses of Hanukkah menorahs in a new exhibit that...
Making Traditional Jewish Food Great Again With the ‘Gefilte Manifesto’
JNS.org -- Two emerging young chefs are on a mission to reclaim and revolutionize Ashkenazi cuisine for the millennial generation. Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz both...
The Jewish War Veterans’ New Leader Brings a Lifetime of Service to the Organization
JNS.org - Retired United States Army Col. Carl A. Singer plans to bring a can-do attitude to the top volunteer post at the Jewish War Veterans (JWV) organization. Singer, who...
New Ken Burns Film Offers Compelling Tale of Christians Saving Jews During World War II
JNS.org - At Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, there are only five Americans listed as Righteous Among the Nations, a title awarded to non-Jews who risked...
Israel’s First NASCAR Driver Revved Up to Win
JNS.org - As a young boy growing up in Ashdod, Israel, Alon Day got his first go-kart at age 9. By 15, he was racing them. Less...
National Geographic Helps Jewish Children Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
JNS.org - Can a children’s book about the Jewish High Holidays help advance world peace? A new edition of an award-winning children’s book author thinks so —...
Israeli Trailblazer Dean Kremer Brings Jewish Values to Nascent Pro Baseball Career
JNS.org - Other than being part of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, Sandy Koufax and Dean Kremer have something else in common: a respect for Jewish...
Israel’s Genesis Prize Foundation Seeks ‘Jewish Heroes’ to Set an Example for Younger Generation
JNS.org - As a community priding itself on thousands of years of continuity and tradition, the Jewish people now face the challenge of increasing secularization and...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Hadassah Fights BRCA With Decorated Bras
JNS.org - BRCA. It’s the gene mutation that gives Ashkenazi Jews a higher risk of breast cancer than the general population. But the women’s Zionist organization...
Rugelach Roundtable: Does Beloved Pastry Need Dairy to Taste Good?
JNS.org - Rugelach (singular: rugala) are a beloved traditional Jewish pastry, with a quirky history to boot, but they often present a kosher conundrum. Though parve...
Jewish Groups Try to Stay One Step Ahead of Anti-Semitic Hackers
JNS.org - When hackers from a group called Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail defaced the website of Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley, Pa., in July 2014,...
Jerry Lewis, Legendary Jewish Comic and Humanitarian, Stays Relevant at 89
JNS.org - Through appreciation of both his comedy and humanitarian work, legendary Jewish entertainer Jerry Lewis is staying relevant at age 89. The only comic to ever...
At 80, Singer-Songwriter Leonard Cohen’s Jewish Roots ‘Very Much Intact’
JNS.org - Eighty years young, Leonard Cohen fits many descriptions—singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, monk. From his Jewish upbringing in Canada to the present day,...
Is ‘Mein Kampf’ a Learning Tool, or Too Offensive and Dangerous to Reissue?
JNS.org - Given the current climate of rising antisemitism in Europe and elsewhere, is it too offensive and dangerous to reissue Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf...
