Faith: Jewish
by Benedicta Cipolla Originally published March 14, 2008 Yankl Conzen spent his life straddling different worlds. Born Peter Conzen to a Catholic family in Hamburg at the close of World War II, he was known in Jewish circles as Yankl, … More
Photographs by Yankl Conzen courtesy of the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary
Sholem Aleichem is a writer best known for the stories that inspired the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” He wrote in Yiddish, the everyday language of Eastern European Jews, and he wrote about everyday Jewish life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. More
Read more of Betty Rollin’s interview about Sholem Aleichem with Professor Jeremy Dauber, who teaches Yiddish literature at Columbia University: Professor Jeremy Dauber I’m writing a book about Sholem Aleichem, and I’m looking at these clips of “Fiddler on the … More
by Judith Valente Sex, lies—and food—dominated the proceedings at this year’s annual meeting of Christian and Jewish ethicists. The January 8-11 gathering in Chicago marked the 50th anniversary of the Society of Christian Ethics, and while most of the discussions … More
President Obama discusses his plans and hopes for the American religious community. More
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement formed decades ago with the intention to reach out to the Jewish people, regardless of background, to teach them about their faith. More
Winning the Catholic vote could be the key to victory in the swing state of Pennsylvania where Jewish voters are also being courted. The contest in working-class areas of the state like Scranton is particularly intense. More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a story today about a question facing many Orthodox and Conservative Jews who eat only kosher food. Meat is kosher if it has been prepared according to Jewish law and certified so by a … More
Read more from the interview about the Jewish High Holidays with Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College: Sin is central to the holiday of Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is literally the Day of Atonement, and so to … More
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