jordan rosenblum Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 – 7:00-8:30pm ET Wednesday, August 19th, 7:00-8:30pm ET Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and th...

Levy Summer Series lecture by Jordan Rosenblum, 11 am, 6/9, Nakoma Country Club. $30. RSVP by 6/2; click through for registration instructions.

Winner of the 74th National Jewish Book Award: The Jane and Stu­art Weitz­man Fam­i­ly Award for Food Writ­ing and Cook­booksA surprising history of ho...

At the beginning of the Second Temple period, in the Persian era of the 4th to 5th centuries BCE, pigs did not have a unique status; other animals were viewed as equally non-kosher.

Penn Press and the Katz Center are delighted to announce a new chapter in the history of the Jewish Quarterly Review. Beginning with the winter 2026 issue

Winner of the 74th National Jewish Book Award: The Jane and Stu­art Weitz­man Fam­i­ly Award for Food Writ­ing and Cook­booksA surprising history of ho...

Pork bacon prices are up nearly 6% nationwide and by double-digit percentages in certain metros.

Mental health therapists at Veterans Affairs should begin sessions with patients saying they are in a shared office space, a memo obtained by NPR says. Trump's back-to-office orders start Monday for V...

Short reviews of recent releases.

I didn’t want to rehash the history of anti-semitism but I did want to know more about the relationship between pork and Jewish identity. I hope you will too.

“Forbidden: A 3,000 Year History of Jews and the Pig,” which just won a Jewish Book Award, explores every aspect of this non-relationship.

Podcast Episode · Biblical Time Machine · 02/10/2025 · 54m

The history of the religious prohibition of pork reveals how Jewish communities were often defined in terms of the food they refused.

Raelations between us and the most unkosher of beasts is the subject of an absorbing new history

Jake Retzlaff has led the Cougars to a 10-2 record and a No. 18 ranking in the country.

Look, this place needs to be administrated, and I’m the guy to do it. I know you’ve been doing your best, but you’ve been held back. You haven’t be...