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Stephen Sondheim sits in a control room during the original cast recording of the Broadway musical "Into The Woods" in 1987. (File photo)
A new biography captures the intensity and magic of the musical theater giant, writes Michael Olesker.
Read MoreMelinda Michel pays tribute to the longtime Jewish community leader and volunteer who passed away on June 8 at age 68.
Read MoreJmore Editor-in-Chief Alan Feiler remembers Temple Emanuel’s longtime spiritual leader, who passed away earlier this week at age 91.
Read MoreCamp and youth group experiences have the ingredients for true, deep, lifelong transformation, writes Rabbi Jessy Dressin.
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Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin stands in front of Jerusalem's Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism. (Courtesy Bodzin via JTA)
Proposed legislation in Israel would transfer authority of the entire Kotel to the Chief Rabbinate, writes Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin.
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Members of the Jewish Brigade, a division of the British Army that fought Italian fascists, are seen in March of 1945. (Yad Vashem Photo Archives via JTA)
In Italy, the Jewish Brigade’s flag has unfairly become a flashpoint in today’s battles over Zionism and anti-fascism, writes Dr. Ginaluca Fantoni.
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Harford County educator Louise Geczy is shown here in 2018 with Baltimore Jewish Council Executive Director Howard Libit when she received a Community Voices of Change award. (File photo by Steve Ruark)
At its annual meeting this year, the Baltimore Jewish Council will honor the late Harford County educator and longtime Holocaust education champion.
Read MoreThe former Colt, who passed away on May 25 at age 93, achieved immortality during a cold December day in 1958, writes Michael Olesker.
Read MoreA new biography on the creator of “Doonesbury” misses the mark, writes Michael Olesker.
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The Fairmount Temple, shown under construction, was one of 50 synagogues designed by Percival Goodman, inset, between 1948 and 1983. (Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections; Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University via JTA)
What does it mean to be fully present with each other and the sacred, asks Maryland-born cultural anthropologist Alanna E. Cooper.
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Johnny Carson (left) is shown here in 1979 with Dr. Henry Heimlich, developer of the Heimlich Maneuver. (Gene Arias/NBCU Photo Bank)
As millions mourn the passing of Stephen Colbert from the airwaves, Michael Olesker looks back on the “institution” of late-night TV.
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