Dolly Parton’s Legacy Includes the Jewish Children’s Book Program She Inspired
Penny Schwartz
Dolly Parton, the singer who died Tuesday at age 80 after a brief bout with cancer, was mourned around the world as a...
An Influential Book of a Nazi Leader’s Confessions Is Now Available in English
Shira Li Bartov | JTA
Jürgen Stroop, the Nazi commander who led the killing of more than 50,000 Jews, was sitting in a cell in...
For Theatre Ariel, 2026-27 Will Be a Season of ‘Movement’
Theatre Ariel has revealed the four shows that will make up its 2026-27 calendar. In marketing emails, the Jewish theater company is referring to...
Feeling Excluded in the Literary World, Jews Are Launching Their Own Publishing Houses
Philissa Cramer | JTA
An unpublished novel has paved the way for the birth of a new Jewish fiction imprint, in the leading edge of...
A ‘Piyut’ for Former Gaza Hostage Agam Berger
Sasha Silber | JNS
Agam Berger was handed a small whiteboard and a marker on the afternoon of Jan. 30, 2025, in the back of...
‘Feelings in Between’ Exhibition at Jerusalem Theater Showcases Artists With Autism
Linda Gradstein | JNS
The hundreds of people who visit the Jerusalem Theater each day for plays, concerts or a coffee now have the chance...
This Clown Eats Bubbles, Cracks Jokes and Helps Israeli Children Recover From Trauma
Deborah Danan | JTA
Shorty, the aptly named 4-foot-8-inch medical clown, stood between two young patients riding coin-operated toy cars in the lobby of Tel...
Digital Book Revisits Controversial Qumran Discovery Linked to Temple Incense
Steve Linde | JNS
More than three decades after an extraordinary archaeological discovery near Qumran sparked worldwide attention and fierce debate, a new research project...
In Gush Etzion, Israeli Students Transform Years of Upheaval Into Art
Sharon Altshul | JNS
As the 2026 school year ends and summer vacation begins, Israel’s high school students are completing an educational journey that has...
Lost Holocaust Music, Nearly Erased by Stalin, Goes on Tour in Asia
Shira Li Bartov | JTA
In the midst of the Holocaust, a child sang a song about his mother’s death in the Bershad ghetto, a...