SPORTS Host nation Uzbekistan captured gold in the Open section of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, delivering a championship performance before a home

  CULTURE Sotheby’s will offer a rare 15th-century Hebrew prayer book by one of the few Jewish artists of the Middle Ages known by name,

TORAH, NAMES, TRADITION AND MODERNITY JEWISH TRADITION Rabbi Baruch Babaev: Rabbis never dictate to parents or require them to give their children specific names! Recently,

  HERITAGE Walking through Jamaica Estates and Fresh Meadows during Sukkot, surrounded by vibrant sukkah booths in my neighbors’ yards, I am inspired by the