Posts Tagged: Jewish background
Judge Tells Wife Killer: Cremation of Victim Particularly Cruel Because of Jewish Background
A British judge sentenced a man to a minimum term of 30 years in prison for murdering his wife and, noting the "horrific" nature of...
Up-and-Coming Jewish Standup Comic Jamie Lee a Texan for the Jokes?
In a famous "Seinfeld" episode, Jerry believes his dentist, Dr. Tim Whatley, converted to Judaism for the jokes. In the real world, is up-and-coming Jewish standup...
‘Harvesting People and Pickles’: An Inside Look at Jewish Farming
FALLS VILLAGE, CONN.—Nadav Slovin cultivates the fields of potatoes and other crops in the rural Litchfield Hills of northwestern Connecticut. As he moves between the...
Jewish Fiction Finds a New Home on the Internet
Speaking over lively klezmer music in a Krakow café, Canadian author and freelance journalist Menachem Kaiser wonders if Jewish readers are comfortable with the term...
