Tommywood

Wild about Diamond

Bar & Bat Mitzvahs

Centenarian celebrates fourth bar mitzvah

Israel

Discovery of King David-era fort stirs debate on size of kingdom

Cartoons

Yes, we can! No, you can't!

Television

Doing Jews right on TV—for better or worse

The Jewish character has become the American Jewish character, disassociated from an ethnic history and assimilated into American culture. And the assimilation hasn't only been for Jews.

U.S.

Shoah group halts talks with Mormons on posthumous baptism of Jews

Religion

Agriprocessors closed—now where’s the beef?

The kosher meat market is in a tailspin as production at the Agriprocessors' meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, which had been operating at a fraction of its normal capacity since May, finally ground to a halt this week. The company, whose meat was sold under the labels

Los Angeles

Perfect storm for charities— contributions go down and requests go up

Torah Portion

Marriage is a Jewish issue

Parshat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) God is present when two people commit their lives to each other and become one family.

Calendar

Annie Leibovitz, Ed Asner, Shelly Berman, Lainie Kazan and Elliot Gould

Singles

True confessions of an online dating addict #16: Marathon date with Jeremy

Opinion

A Moderate Proposal

The start of the event was running late -- did I mention it was a Jewish event? -- and midway through our green room conversation, Hitchens pulled out a small bottle of Johnnie Walker Black. He emptied it into a 16-ounce clear-plastic cup and drizzled in some Crystal Geyser

Films

Survey Says:  Fewer Americans think Jews control Hollywood

Music

Up-and-comer Dudamel takes on the Israel Philharmonic