Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a culture maven and arts enthusiast. Apr 24, 2025, 03:01pm EDT Apr 25, 2025, 09:36am EDT Gut Shabbos is the universal greeting ...

(JTA) — For Samir Patel, the term “goy” is no slur. It’s a point of pride. Patel is a manager of Suhag Wine & Liquors, a family-owned business in the heavily Orthodox neighborhood of Kew Gardens Hills ...

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What’s it like to be Jewish in America today? The easy answer is that it’s scary. Everywhere we turn, we’re reminded that “antisemitism is on the rise” and that Jews, especially those who are visibly ...

Comedian David Brenner once said, “So, I’m in New York and I say to someone, ‘Have a nice day.’ He looks at me and says, ‘No thanks. I’ve got other plans.’ ” On many Shabbats, I walked with a friend ...

The Yosef saga, defined by dreams and cruelty; with Yosef’s brothers throwing him into a pit and then selling him to a caravan heading to Egypt, the tests and challenges that followed, was clearly ...

A very wise woman, also a former neighbor and colleague, used to wish me a “Gitten Erev Shabbos” (a good pre-Shabbos) every Friday afternoon. If I would visit her on a Friday afternoon, I would see ...

The book Here Comes Shabbos! is about a family baking, cooking, polishing silver, shining shoes, shopping and cleaning for Shabbos. The activities begin on Friday morning and only conclude shortly ...