The untapped power of youth

"To have other kids their age come and spend time with them means a lot to these children."

By ORRI J. AVRAHAM

Molding the vessel

The Jerusalem Ceramic Art Center invites everyone to find their creator within.

By ARIEL DOMINIQUE HENDELMAN

Talmud study is not enough

The dangers of rolling back the core educational curriculum at haredi boys’ schools.

By HANNAH KATSMAN

Living on

Hillel Halkin explores death, grief and the great beyond in Jewish tradition.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER

Hot off the Arab press

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

By COMPILED BY THE MEDIA LINE

Roman fare

Three recipes to make feel like an actual Roman.

By ISAAC MASSIAS

Scrumptious bread

There’s no substitute for homemade bread. And although it looks complicated, making bread is actually quite simple.

By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN,TRANSLATED BY HANNAH HOCHNER

Beer bounty

Three craft beers now on the market show the range of tastes between hops and malt.

By DOUG GREENER

An invitation to Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is a city of contrasts. And therein lies its charm.

By RUTH BELOFF

The Road to Zion

The personal story of an Israeli scholar born in Ethiopia.

By RHONA BURNS

Inspiring inner sanctums

The uplifting power of the prayers and the liturgy, the melodic traditional tunes, the beauty of the Torah scrolls -- all are enhanced by the beauty and elegance of the synagogue itself.

By YOCHANAN ALTMAN

Diverse complexions

"People always tell me, if you’re doing what you love then you’ll never work a day in your life."

By SHAINA OPPENHEIMER

Born, raised and educated in a vineyard

A garbled article on a prominent Israeli anchorwoman raises questions about Wikipedia.

By YAKIR FELDMAN

Caught on camera

A Tel Aviv restaurant owner’s violent encounter with police.

By KATHERINE KEENAN

City notes: Acre opera festival takes the stage

A round-up of news from around the nation.

By COMPILED BY JULIE STEIGERWALD

The word of a woman

Whatever role history will play in her future life, there is a part of the bat mitzva girl that intuits the horizons that her community has opened or closed for her.

By JANICE WEIZMAN

The outpost on Oliphant Street

They left, but they are not gone.

By HAIM WATZMAN

Dark years on the Côte d’Azur

An exhibition of the work of Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon, sent to her death in Auschwitz, brings to light the role played by locals in deporting the region’s Jews in WWII.

By MICHAL LEVERTOV

Rothschild revolution:

On the fifth anniversary of the cost-of-living protests, The Report examines the movement’s successes and failures.

By SHLOMO MAITAL

The saintliness of Elie Wiesel 1928-2016

Elie Wiesel had an expression that could pass in a moment from joy and gaiety to infinite sadness.

By BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY

In search of shepharad

Armed with an ignorance of all things Sephardi, Matt Nesvisky scours Spain in search of Jews, traces of Jews and memorials to Jews.

By MATT NESVISKY