When Aaron Lansky was studying Yiddish literature at McGill University, he was having difficulty finding the books he needed. First generation Jewish Americans, escaping pogroms and poverty abroad, had flocked to America, bringing their Yiddish books with them. But, Mr. Lansky wondered, what would happen to those books left to their children, who did not speak the language? In an article published Feb. 29 in The New York Times, Joseph Berger chronicled the events that [...]

It’s been four years since the British Jewish comedy show, “Friday Night Dinner,” aired its sixth and final season. But this month, the story is finally coming to America with an adaptation called “Dinner With the Parents,” starring Michaela Watkins and Carol Kane. It will stream on Amazon FreeVee, the first four episodes starting April 18, a few days before Passover. The show is about Shabbat dinners at the home of one chaotic Jewish family.

On April 8, North America will experience its second total solar eclipse in seven years. The moon will glide over the surface of our sun, casting a shadow over a swath of Earth below. Along this path, the world will turn dark as night.             In cosmic terms, it is unusual that this happens: the moon is about 400 times smaller than the sun, but it is about 400 times closer to us. That means [...]