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“We Spoke Out: Comic Books and the Holocaust” features 18 comics that dealt with the Holocaust. (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books, JTA Collage)
Rafael Medoff and Neal Adams — known for his iconic work on DC Comics’ Batman and Green Arrow — decided to explore how a genre aimed at entertaining youths tackled one of history’s darkest chapters.
Read MoreNow Facebook users who want to wish someone “mazel tov” get a colorful surprise, too.
Read MoreRuth Bader Ginsburg joined the Supreme Court in 1993, becoming the second woman to ever serve in that role.
Read MoreThis won’t be the first time Jewish Currents, a 72-year-old magazine for the secular left, undergoes a transformation.
Read MoreTwitty’s background is reflected in his unique takes on traditional Jewish food. A Shabbat dinner at his house might include such dishes as “kosher soul-rolls” and Senegalese chicken soup featuring matzah balls and peanut butter.
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Rachel Putterman is creating a video tutorial that shows women, transgender and non-binary Jews laying tefillin. (Dena Trugman)
Last month, Rachel Putterman set up a fundraising page for money to produce a high-quality video featuring a diverse group of people showing how to wrap tefillin.
Read MoreMordechai Schachter fought alongside native Israelis, immigrants from Romania, Poland, Hungary, Iran and Yemen, as well as volunteer fighters from the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Read MoreThe Israeli public overwhelmingly rejects the idea of granting residency to all or most of the migrants.
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Susan Goldberg is National Geographic Magazine’s first female and Jewish editor-in-chief. (Courtesy of National Geographic)
The editor in chief of National Geographic Magazine made waves when she admitted that the magazine’s past coverage was tinged with racism.
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Amar'e Stoudemire showing one of the wines in his collection of Israeli kosher wines, in New York, Feb. 20, 2018. (Courtesy of Jewish National Fund-USA)
Six-time NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire has launched a line of kosher-for-Passover Israeli wines.
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Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman signaling directions to a European Space Agency astronaut, December 1993. (NASA/Wikimedia Commons)
“Jews in Space: Members of the Tribe in Orbit,” named after a Mel Brooks gag, is an exhibit organized and on view at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Center for Jewish History
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