FREEDOM AND OPPRESSION are at the very heart of the Torah portions from Exodus that Jews will read in the next few weeks. It’s a bit jarring to read these portions in January because they tell the ...

In a 2012 interview, Alanis Morissette said that if she were to be the poster child for any emotion, she would pick anger, which she says is s powerful.

Now in theaters, “ The Seed of the Sacred Fig ” follows a lawyer named Iman (Missagh Zareh), who is promoted to investigating ...