‘Jewish spouses matter,’ says a new demographic study. Let the battle begin.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — One of the wisest things ever said about intermarriage came from former Atlantic sports columnist Jake Simpson: “No stat…
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8 Things I Learned in My First Year as a Mom
By Sarah M. Seltzer (Kveller via JTA) — My baby is 14 months now, talking like a maniac and taking very halting first steps (his…
This man almost killed Hitler: An incredible true story
By Tom Tugend LOS ANGELES (JTA) —What if Adolf Hitler had been assassinated shortly after his armies invaded Poland to start World War II? How…
op/ed: Fewer marriages and fewer children means fewer Jews doing Jewish
By Steven M. Cohen and Sylvia Barack Fishman (JTA) — On Jan. 16, 1949, Toby Fassman married Max Cohen (Steven M. Cohen’s parents, now both…
Paul Shaffer’s post-Letterman act: Touring with ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Band’
By Gabe Friedman NEW YORK (JTA) — Paul Shaffer, sporting a gray T-shirt and a one- or two-day-old beard, is sitting in the living room…