Arts, Culture & Travel
Find information on wide-ranging issues of Jewish life including family, arts & culture.

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Educational Experiences in Israel
Spend the most thrilling summer of your life travelling across Israel. Learn about our amazing experiences and programs.
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Learn to Read Hebrew
Learn to Read Hebrew in our ten-session online course for adults. Get started with the aleph-bet!
Jewish Books and Literature
The Forgiveness Tour: How to Find the Perfect Apology
Shocked by what she perceived as an egregious betrayal by her longtime psychotherapist, Susan Shapiro embarks on a quest for meaning in her part memoir, part self-help guide, The Forgiveness Tour (Skyhorse Publishing).
What's New
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What Message Does the Mezuzah Have Right Now?
The Heller Museum invited leading contemporary artists to conceive innovative designs for a mezuzah. Seventeen artists imaginatively reenvisioned this traditional Jewish ceremonial object.
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Six Oscar-Worthy Jewish Characters
The 97th Academy Awards are upon us and the major categories appear wide open. Top contenders have been mired in controversies, including this year's leading Jewish-themed entry, "The Brutalist."
Jewish Life in Israel and Around the World
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Museums to Visit in Jerusalem
With sites like the Western Wall and the Old City, it can often feel like Jerusalem itself is a museum campus. While you're busy exploring the beautiful and historic sites the city has to offer, don't forget to check out the fantastic museums that reside there as well.
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Discovering Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has much to offer the Jewish traveler. Our weeklong journey began in the port city of Halifax, known as the gateway to Canada—where, from 1928 to 1971, more than one million immigrants entered the country.
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Buenos Aires: Culture and Community
Best sightseeing and dining, and Buenos Aires' model Jewish community.
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Tracks of Time in Jamaican Sands
Aron and Judith experienced a Jewish community the likes of which are not to be found anywhere else in the world.
MUSIC
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Development of Reform Jewish Music
The Hassidic masters teach that it is through melody and song that the gates of heaven are opened. Our deepest longings, our greatest joys, and our most profound sorrows are borne on music's wings toward the Shomeiah T'filah, the One who Hears Prayer.
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Meet the Man Amplifying the Sounds of the Borscht Belt
Growing up, Aaron Bendich would spend lots of time with his grandfather Max in the North Bronx, in a house “filled to the brim” with records, videotapes, and CDs.
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Choosing the Music for Your Jewish Wedding
Whether your dream to is to walk down the aisle to Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé’s “Perfect” duet or a classical composition, the music for your wedding day can set the tone.