A leading light of the famous New York Intellectuals harbored deeply conflicted feelings about his own Jewishness, and exceptionally harsh views on Jews and Judaism.

A tip from a Mosaic reader helps pin down what the great diarist was up to on the day of his famous synagogue visit.

With the relaxation of Catholic influence in Quebec, local Jewish culture began to come of age and flourish.

“In heaven there will be no law,” an American legal giant once wrote. For Jews, it’s exactly the opposite.

Despite everything that has changed, today’s internal Jewish divisions eerily echo those from exactly a century ago.

We were invited to join in the school’s prayers and hymns, but our grateful acquiescence also implied there was something illicit or shameful about our Jewishness.

Is a biblical commandment against taking a mother bird with her young intended to teach mercy, or is it about something else?