After lengthy fundraising campaign, local nonprofit purchases two-story Helena synagogue for undisclosed amount; it was originally sold for $1 in 1935

Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg will shine on forever in American Jewish lore, but these lesser-known heroes made an indelible imprint on 20th-century baseball, too

'Gangsters vs. Nazis' book tells how a New York judge secretly directed mafia bosses Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel to recruit an army of Jewish thugs to intimidate antisemites

Once a base of hatred, the National Shrine of the Little Flower in metro Detroit co-hosts interfaith event aimed at maintaining and continuing to improve Jewish-Catholic relations

Abrasive, controversial and tenacious, Admiral Hyman Rickover was called 'the greatest engineer to ever live' by Jimmy Carter. A new biography tells his incredible life story

After a foundation funding the Central Yiddish Cultural Organization since 1956 halted its donations, the institution was in peril - until a couple of good Samaritans stepped in

The 'radically inclusive' Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announces the addition amid a larger conversation about Jewish marginalization in the industry

In a book whose release is timed to coincide with the March 25 anniversary of the NYC blaze that killed 146 garment workers, Martin Abramowitz describes searching for painful truth

March 18 marks the centennial anniversary of Judith Kaplan's coming of age ceremony -- a turning point not just in her life, but that of US Jewry as a whole

As the show wraps up its fourth season, those craving more can see a bit of real-life New York history while riding in the back of a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air