In the rafters of Madison Square Garden, high above the court, are the supersize jerseys that commemorate the retired numbers of the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers. There’s the jersey of Mark Messier, one of hockey’s all-time superstars, and his 11; there is basketball center Patrick Ewing and his 33. But most ...

Like every month, we bring you a puzzling primer on the Hebrew calendar and its traditions. This month’s theme? We’re not giving it away; to figure it out, thou shalt solve this crossword puzzle.
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The Hebrew calendar is a confusing thing. Most of us can’t tell their Tishrei from their Nisan. What better way, then, to learn about the themes and traditions of each Hebrew month than to figure it out for yourself in a challenging crossword puzzle? The puzzle will appear regularly on the second Tuesday of each ...

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When Victoria Beckham last week told a panel of sports experts—that is, the ladies of The View—that she thought men should not wear feathers, I took offense at the swipe directed at Evan Lysacek, the just-crowned Olympic figure skating champion. He had pumped his feathered fists after a successful short program and wore a silver ...

I’ve loved puzzles since childhood, and I’ve been a crossword fan for longer than I care to think about. As an editor, I published The New York Times crosswords in book form, and then created puzzles for the high priest of the crossword world, the great Will Shortz.
This weekend, Shortz will venture to Brooklyn, where ...

One of the convenient aspects of studying Jewish history is its 3,000-year-old paper trail—the texts and records of the rabbinical and intellectual elite allow us to examine contours of Jewish law and history. But we tend to know less about the lives of average Jews, who didn’t receive much attention in the writings of the ...