In the years my mother worked as a docent at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla., she loved guiding groups through the entire complex — the Art Museum, Ca’ d’Zan (the home of John and Mabel ...

A new book explores the connections between Jews, the circus and the study of Jewish text. (JTA) — For a brief and slightly embarrassing period in my teens, I wanted to run away with the circus. I ...