In the early 1900s, a surprising movement emerged in the Yiddish-speaking Jewish diaspora: radical vegetarianism.

I have always struggled to accept my curls.

This essay is for anyone who froze—whose mind went inward instead of outward, who didn’t leave their home for a bit, or who didn’t want to go home at all.

In 1962, Miriam Rykles applied to work in Harvard University’s physics department. This is her story.

Not having a bar mitzvah for my son felt like the kind thing to do. It felt Jewish.

White Jews benefit from the system of white supremacy, and are often complicit, until their Jewish identity is revealed. 

For many American Jews, Yiddish is the language of a mythicized shtetl, but today the language is still very much alive.

Elana Moscovitch revisits Israel after living there as a child and makes new discoveries through her daughter's eyes.

JWA sat down with author Natasha Díaz to discuss her debut novel, Color Me In, one of our Book Club picks.

One year after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony to Congress, in light of the High Holidays, what have we learned?

Exclusively for JWA, poet Maia Evrona shares two poems for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

For those who grew up in abusive households, it can be hard to dissociate trauma from the High Holidays.

Author Julie Zuckerman memorializes the family she lost during the Holocaust in a letter to her aunt.

No, fat shaming doesn't need to make a comeback.