Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeTerfren Laila, a traveling psychic born Else Terese Frenkel. In advertisements published in Yiddish newspapers, she offered private séances. Credit: Mel GordonA new exhibition reveals how, despite biblical prohibitions on sorcery and divination, Jews from Eastern Europe to New York consulted miracle-working rabbis, psychics and amulet makers to cure illness, locate missing husbands and ward off evil08:38 PM • June 29 2026 IDTNEW YORK – "Fourteen years ago I was ensnared by a gentile witch, and she took my eyesight from me," wrote Arye Leyb, a Jew from the Polish town of Blaszki, about 150 years ago. In the NewsAmulets, Psychics and Miracle Rabbis: New York's Forgotten Jewish OccultWhy Young, Straight Israeli Men Are Losing Interest in SexAryan, Jewish – and Even Regime Insiders: The Lives of Lesbians Under NazismFaded to Grey: Tel Aviv's 'Fountain of Fire' Still Divides Opinion'I'm a Cook, Not a Chef: The Humble Charm of Tel Aviv's Last Real KhammāraRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAdvanced Israeli Systems Sold to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Documents and Images ShowAs the World Watched Gaza, Israeli Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. A Clash Is ImminentIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsA Collapsing Society: Israel Suffers National Mental Crisis Due to the WarFlagGate: How Israel Set Off a Storm by Hosting a Separatist Genocide DenierWhy Israelis Should Stop Being Afraid of Mamdani-backed Brad Lander