Everything you need to know about bar and bat mitzvahs, the ceremonial recognition of a young person reaching the age they are no longer a minor according to Jewish law.

Guide that covers many traditions, observances, and practices of the Jewish religion.

Focuses on activities such as fieldwork, interpretation, and programming related to Jewish culture and Jewish Americans as documented in the collections of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

The Hebrew or Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish holy days and religious observances. It determines the dates for holidays and ceremonial uses such as public readings of Torah, yahrzeits, and daily Psalm readings.

A traditional Jewish wedding (called a chatunah, חֲתֻנָּה) is a tapestry woven from many threads: biblical, historical, mystical, cultural and legal. Threads carried from one generation to the next, forming a chain of Jewish continuity which goes back more than 3,800 years.

Within the diverse Jewish community, Jews observe many different Jewish rituals and mourning practices, some dating back thousands of years, some more recent in origin.

Kashrut is the body of Jewish law dealing with what foods can and cannot be eaten and how those foods must be prepared.

A basic guide to some of the foods and terminology found in Jewish households.

Learn all about traditional Jewish foods/dishes and how to make them by following the provided recipes.

White the Jewish people have their roots in the Middle East, they have lived, for over 2000 years, amongst many cultures, both Eastern and Western. The music, then, represents that rich tapestry of varied cultures.

What inspired so many Jews to join the early film industry, and what was their lasting impact on American culture?

Though they might not yet be household names, these ten Jewish-American innovators, all of them the descendants of immigrants, have undoubtedly left their mark on modern culture.

American Jewish women have made major contributions to the art world as artists, photographers, gallery owners, museum curators, art critics, art historians, and collectors at least since the beginning of the twentieth century.

Two new films remind us that the experiences of U.S. Jews don’t often get the Hollywood treatment. When they do, depictions range from shticky to subtle.