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by Rabbi Ephraim Shore
by Adam Ross
As Israel and Morocco establish full diplomatic ties, take a look at some of Morocco’s epic Jewish history.
by Prof. Joshua Berman
Examining the historicity of the biblical exodus.
by Jerusalem U
Kosher wine is no longer a joke. These days it’s winning awards and accolades.
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
by Dr. Henry Abramson
Jewish history for ridiculously busy people.
Revisiting a painful chapter in the history of modern Israel.
Nachmanides was a tireless Jewish leader 800 years ago - his newly discovered prayer can inspire us today.
These Jewish nurses made the world a better place.
The surprising and extensive connections the Founding Father had with the Jews.
24,000 Israeli soldiers have sacrificed their lives for the protection of the Jewish state.
by The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Throughout history only Israel has protected the freedom of all peoples and faiths in Jerusalem.
The campaign to free the Jews of the USSR grew into a global phenomenon that motivated Jews across the world to fight for their fellow Jews. With incredible results.
by Aaron Feigenbaum
A long lost chapter of Jews in the Diaspora.
In 1939 Isadore Greenbaum risked his life to disrupt a major Nazi rally at Madison Square Gardens.
The top-secret program brought 1,600 Nazis to America and whitewashed their past.
Pope Leo X allowed a remarkable group of men to produce the first printed set of Talmud.
A thousand years ago, King Louis IX ordered the Talmud burned in Paris.
When Jewish Boxers fought Nazis in the 1930s in America.
by Rabbi Shlomo Landau
The incredible story of Saul Wahl Katzenellenbogen, who briefly occupied the throne of Poland in 1587.
by Jeff Jacoby
The Hebrew Bible indelibly molded the American founding, and its influence remains a part of its national story.
Syrian Jewry’s illustrious past began thousands of years ago. Today some 50 Jews remain.
by Rivkah Fishman-Duker
The Jewish identity of Jerusalem in Greek and Roman sources.
Snapshots of Lincoln’s remarkable relationship with Jews.
Generations of secret Jews defied the Spanish Inquisition to celebrate Passover and other holidays.
During the Civil War, General Ulysses Grant expelled American Jews from their homes during Hanukkah.
by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and CBN News
The Hebrew Bible lies at the center of the American imagination.
August and Henrietta Bondi’s Jewish home was a stop for slaves fleeing North.
Jews lived in thriving Kurdish communities for thousands of years.
Some Jews turned to piracy as a way to fight against Spain and Portugal, the hosts of the brutal Inquisition.
The 131-year-old Manischewitz Company is being sold.
by Rabbi Ken Spiro and J-TV
As David Ben-Gurion said, "For a Jew to be a realist, you have to believe in miracles."
On October 31st, 1905, thousands of Jews lost their lives in violence that swept across Russia.
The renowned university town was home to a vibrant Jewish community that is all but forgotten today.
by Bluma Gordon
Some interesting facts about the fate of the Jews who boarded the Titanic.
10 surprising facts about Jews in the American Frontier.
Exploring the mysterious 2nd-Century find in the Cave of Letters.
by Marc Liebman, Captain USN (retired)
Four American Jews who made a major contribution to the American Armed Forces.
Confined to a tiny island, Venice’s Jews put on magnificent Purim shows for the whole city.
Daniel Bomberg capitalized on the disruptive new technology – printing, understanding the potentially huge market for books amongst Jews.
Jewish trivia for Thanksgiving.
An advisor to kings, Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel dedicated his life to helping Jews in Europe.
by Dovid Zaklikowski
An overview of the notorious 1913 ritual murder trial in Kiev, known as the "Beilis Affair".
Broadway’s Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish recalls a world of thriving Yiddish theater in New York and beyond.
Revered by some, reviled by others, Israel’s first female prime minister never forgave herself for her decisions in 1973.
by Lisa Ades, Turquoise Films Inc.
Jewish Americans in World War II.
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