A scrappy Israeli team is trying to win millions for sending an unmanned mission to the moon

In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ the deep Jewish roots of income equality, and the shared dignity it brings

Barbecue is giving kosher food a new flavor—and vice versa

Jewish dominatrix Tara Indiana is rarely on the bottom—but she was in her presidential race against Donald Trump

From a New York Jewish liberal to everyone on the other side: Our differences are real, but so are our similarities.

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t the only one. So tell your family about the dreams of these other, perhaps lesser-known, leaders.

This week on Unorthodox, Lynn Harris on comedy empowering women and author Robert Wright on Buddhism

When the news became too much to bear, I tried observing an ‘internet Shabbat,’ where I could unplug one day a week. It didn’t quite work as planned.

This week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ brings to life rabbinic heroes on their intellectual battlefield: larger-than-life figures worthy of Greek drama

My grandfather lost all his relatives in the Holocaust—and then hid those memories for the rest of his life

This French Holocaust survivor has an eye for pattern and a wildly obsessive fan base

I had been building a Jewish home with my husband, but now that we’re separated, I’ve had to figure out how to do it on my own

In Israel, ultra-Orthodox artists start to make their mark

This week on Unorthodox, how Chinese food and movies became a Jewish Yuletide classic, the Jews behind your favorite Christmas songs, and why Soviet Jews have ‘Christmas’ trees

Once an afterthought, the Negev today is one of Israel’s top tourist attractions

Lebkuchen have long been a Christmas treat in Germany. But for two Jewish families fleeing the Nazis, these cookies offered hope for the future in a new country.

Forget the strawberry filling or the sugary toppings. These savory pastries are stuffed with meat, or fish, or cheese. And they make everything else taste like kids’ stuff.

Made with lamb and leeks, savory ‘kiftes’ bring a taste of Macedonia to your holiday table

When anti-Semitism is aimed at kids—by other kids—how can parents respond?

Stories about Noah’s Ark, Jewish weddings, and scientific discovery make perfect Hanukkah gifts

‘Conscious dance’ hits the Jewish world

In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud study, focusing on religious duty over secular egalitarianism

This week on Unorthodox, NPR Snap Judgment host Glynn Washington and the butcher committed to ethical kosher meat

Isn’t it time for some Jewish girls to take their place in the wide world of cartoon princesses?

This week on Unorthodox, a Hudson Valley rabbi brings his congregation outdoors

Forty years of learning with a partner, and friend, by land or by Skype

Man’s authority to interpret the Torah in a ‘postmagical age’ is the subject of this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ rabbinical debate

Every fall and winter, as sundown comes earlier, the nature of ‘mincha’—when Jews gather to say the afternoon prayers—changes

After years of worrying about what horrible things might happen, I finally learned to be thankful for the life I’ve got right now

It’s not quite a cake, not quite a kugel. But this carrot ring, a classic Midwestern recipe from the 1950s, is worthy of a spot on your holiday table.