In “Playmakers,” Michael Kimmel unpacks the history of Jewish entrepreneurs who started name-brand toy companies – and ...

For most of history, parents couldn’t buy their kids dolls, action figures, or the like. Then playtime became big business.

“The State of Israel is a strong country. The days when it was possible to massacre the State of Israel no longer exist,” said Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar.

I was trained to see Israel as the graveyard of journalism. What I found, when I actually engaged with the material – and ...

Biblical numbers are a little like the relatives at a family wedding—everyone has heard stories about them, nobody fully understands them, and at least one of them has a slightly bad reputation. From ...

A new biography of the Berlin-born philosopher emphasizes his combination of stubborn unworldliness and startling prescience.

A federal appeals court on Friday cleared ⁠the ⁠way for a Louisiana law requiring the ⁠display of the Ten Commandments in all ...

Cartoon Network hasn’t just spent decades creating some of the biggest animated series; it has also housed plenty of shows that didn’t originally get their starts on the cable network. Such is the ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Schools around New York and New Jersey have announced closings for Tuesday as cleanup efforts from the intense snowstorm continue. In New York City, Central Park saw its ...

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The second fatal shooting of an American citizen by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis ignited a political firestorm. Jack Ohman leads this week’s editorial cartoon gallery with his view of ...

The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) announces the 24th annual Jewish Film Festival, running March 24–31 and April 3-6.