History
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Long before there were synagogues across America, Jewish life here was fragile, scattered, and at serious risk of fading away. One man quietly changed that. His name was Gershom Mendes Seixas, and without him, the Jewish community we take for granted today might never have taken root. Today, few people outside of historians have heard […]
Imagine the changes witnessed by someone born more than a hundred years ago, journeying from a 1924 childhood in the gas-lit, Yiddish-speaking textile center of Lodz, Poland, to a centennial life in modern Philadelphia. Pearl Hinda Nagel’s story is one of extraordinary survival, stretching from the age of horse drawn ice wagons and communal wells […]
“I was a liar and a manipulator. I was terrified to be my authentic self. But the first time I admitted a lie, and it was met with love instead of hatred, that’s when something shifted. The truth felt better than the lie. That’s when I knew I could be sober.” Tzvi Heber grew up […]
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An anti-Israel channel claimed Israel is digging under the Al-Aqsa mosque, threatening its foundations — and that archaeologists have found nothing to prove Jews ever lived here. We took a tour to find out for ourselves.
