Set in a lawyer’s office (Andy Grotelueschen), Bartleby (Michael Crane) comes seeking employment as a new scrivener (person who copies documents). He is an odd sort, who doesn’t talk, or eat, or ...

Writer Howard Melvin Fast was born on November 11, 1914, in New York City to a Jewish family; his father, Barney Fastowski, came from the Russian Empire, from the town of Fastov, near Kiev, and his ...

Laraine Newman (March 2, 1952) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Newman was part of the original cast of NBC’s sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until her ...

Set in a lawyer’s office (Andy Grotelueschen), Bartleby (Michael Crane) comes seeking employment as a new scrivener (person ...

Here, in alphabetical order, is more commentary by Jewish individuals and organizations about the current war pitting Iran ...

SAN DIEGO— Delightful! Adorable! Ear-wormy! Those are the first thoughts that come to mind when I think about Cygnet’s new ...

The Purim Spiel is far more than a communal talent show or a lighthearted break from liturgical sobriety; it is a profound psychological mechanism rooted in the “Carnivalesque” inversion of reality.

Harry Golombek (March 1, 1911 – January 7, 1995) was a British chess player, chess author, and wartime codebreaker. He was the British chess champion three times, in 1947, 1949, and 1955, and finished ...

Yet popularity does not mean enough money to create a printed, bound collection of these plays, and that is the work of the ...

Here, alphabetized by sender, are some of the Jewish reactions sent to San Diego Jewish World following the bombing of Iran and the killing of its top leaders by the United States and Israel: ...

For the Maharal, time is neither a straight line nor a circle. It is a spiral. Sacred events create permanent spiritual forms in the world. When the calendar brings us back to those moments, we ...