Arts & Culture

The joyous weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot takes center stage in a pair of delightful new children’s books that usher in the new Jewish year with the spirit of the holidays. One of the books,...

The Jewish Journal will hold its annual “Honorable Menschions” Gala on Sunday, Oct. 18, from 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. This year, our Gala will be held online and we will honor all of the mensches that...

BOSTON – Is “The Merchant of Venice” anti-Semitic? Scholars, directors, actors, and theatergoers continue to debate that question and diverge greatly in their interpretations of the play written by William Shakespeare in 1596. As reported...

SALEM – Six months ago, the debut of “Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle,” at the Peabody Essex Museum, was a milestone moment. It marked the first time the monumental series of paintings by Lawrence, the...

Every few years, I type the name Brandwein into Google and see what comes up. Usually it’s a list of Brandweins I don’t recognize, but on this occasion my jaw dropped. An article from July...

After years of working various agricultural jobs, Swampscott native Rebecca Remis, the founder and owner of Birdie’s Blooms, has found her way back to the North Shore to open her own sustainable floral design company....

MARBLEHEAD – From his home office on a quiet street in Marblehead, Eric Jay Dolin has penned the latest of his nonfiction books, “A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes.” Having hit bookstores...

Of the tens of thousands of photographs my father took in his lifetime, his favorite was of a farmhouse in Maine, the barn and silo holding ground at the top of a low shorn hill,...

BROOKLINE – A year from now, Maimonides senior and Brookline native Daniella Bessler will be taking the court for the Yeshiva University Maccabees after her gap year in Israel. A 5-foot-7 point guard, Bessler has...

LYNN – To mark its 100th year, the Pride of Lynn Ceme­tery is investing $100,000 to renovate its chapel. The renovation is the first major restoration of the one-room, 1,100-square-foot chapel that has been used...