Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Matan Koch needed little introduction as he rolled up to the podium to speak at his synagogue’s Disability Shabbat service in October. His wide smile and power wheelchair made him well known to many his Los Angel... See more
Famed Jewish conductor Michael Tilson Thomas dies at 81 of cancer Los Angeles-born Tilson Thomas, the scion of Yiddish theater royalty, conducted a wide range of symphonies around the world, including in Israel JTA — One year ago, Michael Tilson Thomas li... See more
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One year ago, Michael Tilson Thomas lifted his baton to conduct a concert in San Francisco that he said would be his last . The scion of Yiddish theater and luminary of contemporary classical music had been diagn... See more
Welcoming the stranger – and opening one’s home to guests at the Seder – is a defining theme of Passover, the eight-day spring holiday known as the Festival of Freedom. That idea echoes through several of this year’s new Passover children’s books, many of... See more
Matzah pizza, Miriam and a ‘HUG-gadah’ star in new children’s books for Passover in 2026 Many of the books portray the holiday theme of opening one’s seder table to guests. (JTA) Welcoming the stranger — and opening one’s home to guests at the seder — is ... See more
