Michael Kaminer

Travelling with an open mind

The award-winning author Andrew Solmon's travel writings from 1991 to today are collected in his new book, subtitled How Travel Can Change the World

Chicago culture: art, literature and BBQ

As Chicago's new American Writers Museum opens, we discover the US city's long Jewish cultural heritage

Matisyahu: reinvented again

The former Chasidic reggae superstar tells Michael Kaminer why he's changed direction yet again

A future in Yiddish music

Anthony Russell first heard Jewish music at the age of 30. Today he's an in-demand Yiddish singer and the creator of a unique blend of black and Jewish musical traditions

My transgender agenda

Former Chassid Abby Stein's new life as a woman is everything she ever dreamed of and more.

Deli dead? Get stuffed

Carnegie, the famed New York diner has closed its doors.What's next?

Of Jews and jazz

The role of Jews as jazz pioneers is often ignored or caricatured. A professor is putting the record straight.

Is antisemitism big in Venezuela?

Letter From Venezuela

Brothers tell all from gridiron to gefilte fish

A taste for forbidden flavours

Interview: Elissa Altman

The fall and rise of a California girl

TV presenter, boutique pioneer or the woman who helped transform The Fall. We meet Brix Start-Smith.

They're not Jewish, but they Noah lot about the Torah

Noahides are gentiles with a thirst for Torah knowledge - and they are multiplying