A Jewish woman and her non-Jewish partner were among the first same-sex couples to be married in Britain hours after a law permitting such marriages went into effect. Nicola Pettit, 29, who is Jewish, ...

"An American Bride in Kabul," by Phyllis Chesler, won the National Jewish Book Award for best memoir of 2013 by the Jewish Book Council One of the wonderful things about her receiving First Prize for ...

I was 5 years old when I realized that I was a freak show. In Macon, Ga., good ole boys go huntin’, muddin’ and beer guzzlin’. Peroxide blondes drive pick-up trucks with gun racks. Prayer kicks off ...

The Yemeni Interior Ministry said Sunday that it would not investigate a Jewish bride who eloped with a Muslim man then converted to Islam so she could marry him, to the shock of her relatives and ...

On stage, an actor and actress can appear perfectly in love during their duet or dance number. Yet, after the curtain goes down, they can’t stand each other’s guts. This happens more often than you ...

At a recent henna celebration at the Yemeni Heritage Center in Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel, the bride had three ensemble changes, each representing a city or region in Yemen. Although both the bride and ...

NEW YORK (RNS) She is serene and dignified (perhaps even a little bored). Her eyes are slate blue and her lips bee-stung. She wears the marriage finery of early 20th-century Orthodox Judaism: a ...

Today is the 407th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. Google is celebrating it with a Goodle Doodle of the Dutch artist’s 1659 oil on canvas Self Portrait with Beret and ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — The bride and groom, along with their officiating rabbi, were among eight people arrested by Buenos Aires police for gathering at a wedding and violating the public ...