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From the cover of “The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate” by Martin Puchner.
Posted inOff the Shelf

Two new books burrow into Yiddish and the ‘language of thieves’

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
"Moses Speaks to Pharaoh" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Playing God’s name game can show us a brighter future 

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
a stack of newspapers
Posted inAct Two

I think like a journalist, and maybe that’s my problem

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent January 13, 2021
"Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers" Renaissance painting by Peter von Cornelius
Posted inOpinion

Torah offers inspiration for drawing near, even in these times of separation

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg January 11, 2021
Moses at the Burning Bush by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

Impatient for justice? Congratulations — you’re human

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan January 8, 2021January 7, 2021
Za’atar salmon, one of many Neshama Foods offerings.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Israeli street food is inspiration for new kosher catering outfit

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 7, 2021
An 1869 portrait of a fairy by Sophie Gengembre Anderson.
Posted inKids & Family

My kids want to know: Are fairies real? Are Jedi? What about bats?

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein January 6, 2021
Smoke meat from Augie's Montreal Deli (left) and Lex Gopnik-Lewinski at the new location of Augie's.
Posted inSmall Bites

Augie’s smoke meat on the move; Saul’s bagels get ‘best of’ nod; Chocolate Heaven goes online-only; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 5, 2021June 4, 2021
Shira Haas in "Unorthodox"
Posted inCulture

A big honor for Shira Haas; Ed Asner is still working; Leslie Odom Jr.’s Hanukkah song; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 5, 2021January 6, 2021
Jacob's sons carrying his body to Egypt, from the 1483 Nuremberg Bible.
Posted inColumns

Let’s head into the new year in a new frame of mind

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 31, 2020January 4, 2021

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