Some teens hide, and others celebrate, their Jewish identities where they are in the distinct minority. This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with ...

(JTA) — Four years ago, when a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent visited Kochi, India, researcher Shalva Weil said only two Jews were still living in Jew Town, a vibrant community where perhaps ...

The Center for Jewish Life’s Makom fellows with Rabbi Jennie Bunde (second from the right in the front row) at their mid-year retreat. (Photo courtesy of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life) ...

Growing up in Lancaster, Ohio, I remember discovering a book in the local library that ultimately helped to change how I viewed my hometown’s history. The book, “Jewish Literacy” by Joseph Telushkin, ...

When Jews in Maine were divided over public celebrations of Christmas and Hanukkah, another Jewish holiday took center stage. On the weekend between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, Waterville city workers put ...

Just this month in a small, rural town in central Maine, over 250 members of small-town Jewish communities gathered for a soulful, vibrant, multigenerational Shabbat service that included prayers for ...