From the start, odds were against Vika Bekker becoming a committed Jew. Growing up in a non-religious home in Buffalo Grove, a small town a half-hour outside of Chicago, she became attracted to ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. I grew up speaking Russian ...

Josh Radnor, star of the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, unpacked his interest in spirituality and his journey to his career in theater in front of a full Statler Auditorium Wednesday night.

Rabbi Steven Gotlib practices as a Modern Orthodox Jew as rabbi at Mekor Habracha in Center City, but he grew up in a traditional Conservative family. This background has given Gotlib a deep ...

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