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A museum exhibit explores the Jewish fascination with the occult

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026Jesse Orine

In a recent speech on nutrition, the nation’s top health official offered a perhaps surprising explanation for what is ailing Americans. “We’re engaged right now in spiritual warfare and … the malevolent forces want to drive us apart and end our connection to each other,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on March 5. It’s not […]

Did this tiny island’s Jewish community help win the Revolutionary War?

April 24, 2026April 24, 2026Jesse Orine

PHILADELPHIA — At a moment when institutions across the country are asking how to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is putting Jews at the center of the origin story. Its new exhibition, “The First Salute,” is about the tiny Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius and the relative handful […]