WEST BLOOMFIELD-The gathering last week had one aim. "Our goal for all of this is to save a life," said Judy Lewis, president of the Jewish Gay Network of Michigan. "Alll of this," was the second of ...

As Isaac Bashevis Singer takes the microphone, he greets roaring applause in his Polish accent, ready with prepared remarks about his personal relationship with religion, philosophy and mysticism.

WEST BLOOMFIELD – There are those who think being born lesbian and Jewish sends you out into life with twice the troubles. Judith Slotkin, founder and co-organizer of the Twice Blessed Speakers Series ...

The virtual program will feature researcher Sandra Lanman, who traces her grandmother’s escape from Nazi Germany to Manila and the hardships Jewish refugees faced under Japanese occupation.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime explores the fictional life of a female stand-up comedian in the late 1950s. But while Midge Maisel is fictional, the character is rooted in the real-life ...

The Fourth Annual Arthur M. Lucas Medical Ethics lecture, “Prognosis, Truth-telling and Hope: Ethical and Practical Issues,” will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center, ...

The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies hosted Tabea Linhard on Monday for a public lecture about Jewish writers who found refuge in Mexico during the Second World War. Linhard is the director of ...

Alan Cooperman, director of religion research at the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C., will present "Jewish Identity in the United States," a lecture on Jews and Jewish life in America based on ...

In celebration of the Koret Jewish Book Awards, the UCSC Jewish Studies Program Research Colloquia will present a lecture by Elisheva Baumgarten, winner of this year’s prestigious Koret Jewish History ...