Kirk Douglas changed the stereotype of the American Jew in the gentile world

The screen giant, who died last week aged 103, was both outsider and all-American icon, writes Tom Tugend

This Yom Kippur, I remember my Teutonic-accented father

Ahead of Yom Kippur, our Los Angeles correspondent Tom Tugend considers the atonement he owes his own father

Obituary: Jake Joseph Farber

LA's "Tzedaka Hero" who rose from poverty to business success

‘The smell etches into my memory’ — my 71-year-old account of an operation with the IDF

This week’s 71st anniversary of Israeli independence prompted Tom Tugend, now based in California, to look through his archives. He uncovered his account of an operation he recorded in a journal in 1948, while serving as an American IDF volunteer

The smell etches into my memory

The Jews hidden in plain sight in Berlin throughout the Second World War

A new film inspired by true events tells how some Jews managed to evade capture even in the heart of Berlin

Oscar glory eludes Israel again as it misses out on Best Foreign Language nomination

The Academy announced on Monday that <i>The Cakemaker</i> had been eliminated

Obituary: Murray Fromson

Campaigning war correspondent who witnessed the Vietnam atrocities

CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves accused of sexually harassing women for nearly three decades

The allegations are published by the same journalist who exposed the Harvey Weinstein scandal

Obituary: Stephen Reinhardt

Passionate and principled "liberal lion" of American justice

Obituary: Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin

Californian rabbi who literally moved a mountain to build a synagogue

Slim pickings for Jews at the 90th Academy Awards

It could be that Jews are considered part of the white, male establishment

Day-Lewis heads Oscar nominations

This could be actor's fourth Oscar

Iconic Einstein photo sold at auction for £95,000

The Hebrew University stands to benefit from the current sale, as Einstein bequeathed his estate to the Jerusalem institution.

Aged 100, Kirk Douglas reveals all the infidelities

Jewish producer of 'Moonlight' celebrates Best Picture Oscar