Lois K. Solomon

Columnist, sports writer, playwright, musician: Author Mitch Albom has many talents, including penning his latest novel, a work of historical fiction that he will be discussing at a South Florida temple in December.

As she prepares for Thanksgiving each year, Betsy Slagle thinks about an ancestor: Francis Cooke, who arrived in Massachusetts with fellow Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620.

Ruth Markel, mother of a slain Florida professor, will explore her search for insight in the face of obstacles as part of a panel at JAFCO Children’s Village in Sunrise. Also on the panel: Pa…

This is “Small Bites,” a South Florida Sun Sentinel feature with tiny tidbits on the food and beverage scene — because we know that sometimes you just don't have room for a long article.

It's time for Sabbath dinner with a neurotic Jewish family of strong personalities and their non-Jewish future in-laws. What could go wrong?

Like Dave and Benji, the oddly matched cousins in Jesse Eisenberg’s new feature film, “A Real Pain,” I recently embarked with five of my American Jewish cousins on an unusual family heritage journe…

In some places in the United States, it’s hard to find a kosher restaurant. But we in South Florida are blessed with an abundance of eateries that meet the high standards of a regional certif…

On the way to the airport, antisemitism is not on most travelers' minds. But a new billboard wants to make them stop and think.

Ron Siesser, who tells the story of his Holocaust survivor grandfather in a newly published book, will speak at Anshei Chesed Congregation in Boynton Beach on Sunday, Jan. 19.

The family members’ visit comes at a time when news reports say a deal to free the captives may be close to happening. Yehuda Cohen, father of hostage Nimrod Cohen, said he has heard reports …