Jean Carroll is considered the first Jewish woman to do stand-up comedy. Now, an event aims to introduce New Yorkers to this ...

During Bar Kochba’s revolt against the Romans, a terrible epidemic struck Rabbi Akiva’s students, and 24,000 men lost their ...

American novelists have often imagined presidents who seize power and defy the courts. Their lessons are sobering ...

Comedian Sarah Silverman talks about her new Netflix special, 'PostMortem,' about the deaths of her parents, and shares dark ...

My grandfather Wiley L. Ross Sr. took pride in his sense of fashion. It reflected his individuality, personality and sense of dignity.

Before I was “mom,” I was a rules-breaker. I snuck into Southern Sudan without a visa to report on war crimes against women.

Witkoff located the gadget amid a tangle of electronics he uses to communicate abroad in his role as America’s shadow ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Christopher Moore, who brings Gustav Klimt, Sigmund Freud, an undead woman, and a host of other unlikely characters together in his latest book, "Anima Rising." ...

Rare African-style figurines dating back 1,500 years were discovered in ancient Christian tombs in Israel’s Negev desert.

UN special rapporteur on Palestine assesses Ireland’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict and says Trump is ‘wildly and ...