Celebrating the bride and groom is not just a mitzvah, but a hedge against the disappearing act of encroaching age. In Jami Attenberg’s 2013 novel “The Middlesteins,” there’s a chapter about a joint ...

NBA star Joel Embiid is an enormous man — around 7 feet tall and 280 pounds, to give an idea. But that didn’t stop him from joining in a hora dance and getting lifted in a chair at a Jewish friend’s ...

Safi Rauf, a Muslim humanitarian, was held captive by the Taliban for 105 days. Secret calls on a smuggled phone with Sammi Cannold, a Jewish Broadway director, were his lifeline. By Sadiba Hasan ...