This delightful tale comes from perhaps the one book of Jewish humor by the prolific Henry Spalding that I have not yet mined for stories: “Joys of Jewish Humor.” It highlights the role of the Shabbos ...

Not being a very ritually observant Jew, I needed the Home & Garden section of the April 9 New York Times, to which my attention was called by my wife, to teach me a new Jewish term I didnt know. This ...

In one Orthodox neighborhood in Queens, New York, local shop owners advertise that they'll gladly help out their observant Jewish customers on the Sabbath. NEW YORK (JTA) – For Samir Patel, the term ...

UnFictional Elvis was a Shabbos Goy Then… The story of an orthodox Jewish family who lived above Elvis Presley’s family in a house in Memphis. They would often call on teenage Elvis to be their ...

(JTA) — For Samir Patel, the term “goy” is no slur. It’s a point of pride. Patel is a manager of Suhag Wine & Liquors, a family-owned business in the heavily Orthodox neighborhood of Kew Gardens Hills ...

A man who served as a "Shabbos goy' (a non-Jew who can perform acts that are forbidden to Jews on Shabbat) for a Jewish community for 30 years turned out to have been Jewish all along. Arutz Sheva - ...

(JTA) — Jay Leno already has plenty of Jewish credentials. The comedian and talk show host — who is not Jewish — has described himself as a big supporter of the state of Israel and has hosted the ...

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Jay Leno, the former host of “The Tonight Show,” has fond recollections of his childhood in New Rochelle. “It was the kind of place where all my relatives lived in and around the area. So Sunday ...