New book chronicles the life of Rose Pastor Stokes, a factory worker who became a wealthy 20th-century American activist, brushing elbows with intellectual elite

Moses Alexander first organized the community in 1895, and went on to serve as governor from 1915 to 1919

The inner-city West Rogers Park had 47,000 Jews in its heyday in the '60s, dipped under 20,000 at the turn of the century, and is now on the uptick with mostly Orthodox families

'Irving Berlin: New York Genius' tells how the songwriting legend, born Israel Beilin in czarist Russia, started on the streets before penning the hit 'White Christmas'

Over 100 years after her death, Cora Wilburn is finally getting her 10 minutes of fame as she is recognized as likely being the first to write a great American Jewish novel

With some operating on a wing and a prayer, and others simply seeking to expand, more NYC congregations look skyward, building up to bolster coffers -- but there are challenges

When Rabbi Jill Hausman came on board 14 years ago, the temple had only 12 members, but renting out stage space in a nod to its acting roots has helped fill coffers and pews

Daniel Gordis peels back some of the surface layers of the divide between Israeli and American Jews to reveal a deeper chasm of identity and history

Even though she was Catholic, with Rhoda Morgenstern, she put a Jewish character front and center on a major network for the first time, later also portraying Golda Meir

Founded in 1986 at the Utica, Mississippi-based Jacob's Camp, since 2012 its artifacts have been in storage ahead of a relaunch in the Big Easy