Faces decorating a Siddur

Three representatives of the Prague Burial Society in the 1730s are pictured in these portraits: Jonas Jeitteles (1735–1806, the community’s official physician), Rabbi Leib Fayvel Dayan (another…

Mildred Lubritz Covert was born in uptown New Orleans in 1927 and ate a rich mix of eastern European, creole, and African American foods throughout her childhood. She later chronicled this cuisine in…

Miriam, Aristobolus and Dina. Miriam:Mother! Enter Alexandra, Miriam’s mother. Alex:Your shouting will wake the dead. A little refinement, Miriam, you’re no longer a little girl. Miriam:It…