Meanwhile, at Sage + Sound, on the Upper East Side, the focus is on meditation and sound baths; there are also workshops on ...

Kiraly Bath, the oldest thermal bath in Budapest, was built by the Ottoman Turks in the 16th century. Communal baths like this one (pictured in 2008) were the public’s main means of washing for ...

Walk through most German cities today and you don’t have to look too hard to find commemorations of pre-Holocaust Jewish life – they’re in the sidewalks, on plaques, and in memorials here and there.

It may be winter and there may be a biting chill in the air, but the dozen men and women who have packed this small sauna ...

Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES By Goodwin Brown. Author of Law Providing For Free Public Baths In Cities, Towns, and Villages of New York State, and Member of State Commission In Lunacy.goodwin Brown.

LONDON (AP) — It may be winter and there may be a biting chill in the air, but the dozen men and women who have packed this small sauna room in east London are happily sweating away in their swimwear.