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Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits Inaugurated as Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah

Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits Inaugurated as Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah

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Hundreds gather from around the world for this once-in-a-lifetime celebration.

More Jews in the American Military

More Jews in the American Military

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Adolph Marix, Hedy Lamarr, Sydney Weinstein and Mark Polansky.

Remembering Jewish New York

Remembering Jewish New York

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Celebrated historians Myrna and Harvey Frommer died within days of each other. Their work lives on.

Accidental Racism in the Jewish World

Accidental Racism in the Jewish World

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A “harmless” joke highlights the problem of racial sensitivity in some sectors of the Jewish community.

Visiting Jewish Prisoners in Jail

Visiting Jewish Prisoners in Jail

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We can help to ensure that prisoners have the resources they need to become their best selves in the darkest of places.

A Mother’s Letter in Auschwitz

A Mother’s Letter in Auschwitz

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In the hell of Auschwitz Erika Bock, 18, received a final message of faith that would accompany her throughout her life.

Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits to be Inaugurated as Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah

Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits to be Inaugurated as Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah

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The leadership torch is passed to a beloved teacher, Torah scholar – and Aish insider.

Rabbi Manischewitz and His Iconic Company

Rabbi Manischewitz and His Iconic Company

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The 131-year-old Manischewitz Company is being sold.

The Best Revenge: Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Birthday with 400 Descendants

The Best Revenge: Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Birthday with 400 Descendants

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Shoshana Ovitz celebrated her 104th birthday at the Western Wall. Most of her family was there.

The Iranian Schindler

The Iranian Schindler

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How Abdol Hossein Sardari protected Iranian Jews in occupied-Paris from falling into the clutches of Nazi persecution.

Charlie Harary on Tisha B’Av: A Day of Yearning, Not Sadness

Charlie Harary on Tisha B’Av: A Day of Yearning, Not Sadness

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The point of Tisha B'Av is to focus on what life would be like with the presence of God in it.

Too Afraid to Go to Shul

Too Afraid to Go to Shul

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The answer to Jew-hatred is Jewish pride.

Yearning for Jerusalem

Yearning for Jerusalem

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Why Israel, Jerusalem and the Temple matter.

The Spirit Lives On: A Tisha B'Av Video

The Spirit Lives On: A Tisha B'Av Video

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Just because we can't see it doesn't mean it's not there. A true story.

The Heart-Rending Cry: How to Mourn for Something that Happened 2000 Years Ago

The Heart-Rending Cry: How to Mourn for Something that Happened 2000 Years Ago

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A true story.

Baltimore: 6 Jewish Facts

Baltimore: 6 Jewish Facts

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Baltimore is home to one of the country’s most vibrant Jewish communities.

Reuven Bauman: Through Fire and Water

Reuven Bauman: Through Fire and Water

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Reuven Bauman’s heroic rescue on a Virginia beach echoes his grandfather’s lifesaving deed 50 years earlier.

Jews in the American Military

Jews in the American Military

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Four American Jews who made a major contribution to the American Armed Forces.

Giving a Dollar a Day

Giving a Dollar a Day

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A new Jewish website allows people to easily donate tzedakah each and every day.

Meet the Non-Jew Who Made Daf Yomi Possible

Meet the Non-Jew Who Made Daf Yomi Possible

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Daniel Bomberg capitalized on the disruptive new technology – printing, understanding the potentially huge market for books amongst Jews.

The Non-Jew who Drove 99 Jewish Teenage Boys

The Non-Jew who Drove 99 Jewish Teenage Boys

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A bus driver was told Jewish kids would be ill-behaved; instead they inspired her to take a stand against anti-Semitism.

Rabbi Reuven Bauman, Hero

Rabbi Reuven Bauman, Hero

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The teacher died trying to save a student from drowning in rough seas.

The Incredible Story of the Righteous Convert of Vilna

The Incredible Story of the Righteous Convert of Vilna

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Who was Avraham ben Avraham, the righteous convert buried next to the Vilna Gaon?

BBC's Documentary on Labour's Anti-Semitism [Video 60 Min]

BBC's Documentary on Labour's Anti-Semitism [Video 60 Min]

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Watch the BBC report featuring eight former Labour staffers, seven of whom are not Jewish, who have been forced out of the Labour party for objecting to the party's anti-Semitism.

Photographing the Lodz Ghetto

Photographing the Lodz Ghetto

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Henryk Ross risked his life to document Nazi atrocities in the Lodz Ghetto.

Anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party Made Me Feel Jewish Again

Anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party Made Me Feel Jewish Again

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Thanks to Jeremy Corbyn and his cronies, British Jews have started to mobilize.

Making the Holocaust Real

Making the Holocaust Real

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Archiving the Jewish American past, Gregg Philipson collects to remember and to fight bigotry and anti-Semitism.

Archaeology of the Holocaust

Archaeology of the Holocaust

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New technology unearths old Jewish secrets.

Ice Cream: 6 Jewish Facts

Ice Cream: 6 Jewish Facts

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Fun Jewish facts in time for National Ice Cream Day.

Yesterday: The Beatles, The Movie and the Torah

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Yesterday: The Beatles, The Movie and the Torah

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How could the world forget the Beatles?

From Rabid Anti-Semite to Proud Jew

From Rabid Anti-Semite to Proud Jew

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Csanád Szegedi, co-founder of Hungary’s far-right, anti-Semitic party, discovers he’s Jewish, forcing him to rethink his life and reconnect to his roots.

Judenrein Europe

Judenrein Europe

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For millennia Europe was the center of diaspora life. But as Jews continue fleeing the continent, by the end of this century all that’s left will be a Jewish graveyard.

Mike Stern: The Everyman Rabbi

Mike Stern: The Everyman Rabbi

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Through his genuine love and respect for every human being, Mike touched the hearts of thousands of people.

I Am Alive: An Inspiring Jewish Music Video

I Am Alive: An Inspiring Jewish Music Video

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Thanking you ten million ways that I am alive. (Watch till the end of the video for full impact.)

Love, Hate and the Holocaust

Love, Hate and the Holocaust

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An acclaimed exhibit about Auschwitz is stirring debate about essential lessons of the Holocaust.

The Orthodox Jew in SS Uniform

The Orthodox Jew in SS Uniform

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Posing as an SS officer behind enemy lines, Brickman's job was to catch Nazis attempting to flee Germany for South America.

Hong Kong and the Jews: 6 Facts

Hong Kong and the Jews: 6 Facts

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Hong Kong’s vibrant Jewish community mirrors the growth of the city.

The Heroic Soviet Jewish Activist You Never Heard of

The Heroic Soviet Jewish Activist You Never Heard of

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Hillel Butman played a key role in exposing the plight of Soviet refuseniks to the world.

Sabotaging the German V-2 Rocket

Sabotaging the German V-2 Rocket

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The heroic actions of 200 inmates at Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp is the subject of new film, “Dirty Bomb.”

The Big Lie about Israel

The Big Lie about Israel

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And the professors who tell it.

The Holocaust Survivor Who Captured Amon Goth

The Holocaust Survivor Who Captured Amon Goth

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Josef Levkovich’s dramatic encounters with the villain of Schindler’s List. An Aish.com exclusive.

The “New Germany” and the Kippah

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The “New Germany” and the Kippah

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The government’s recommendation not to wear a kippah everywhere is an appalling reminder of a Holocaust strategy that failed.

Wait… So You Mean This Isn’t a Date?

Wait… So You Mean This Isn’t a Date?

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I thought I knew how a romantic dinner with a rabbi would go. I could not have been more wrong.

My Disturbing Visit to US Campuses

My Disturbing Visit to US Campuses

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On a visit to US colleges with Reservists on Duty, I found not only anti-Zionism but also mainstream anti-Semitism.

The Meaning of Some More Jewish Last Names

The Meaning of Some More Jewish Last Names

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Common Jewish names can tell us a great deal about Jewish history and values.

Herman Wouk and Jewish Tradition

Herman Wouk and Jewish Tradition

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The bestselling author was a staunch defender of Jewish life. He recently passed away at the age of 103.

The Jewish “King” of Lampedusa

The Jewish “King” of Lampedusa

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The longest-running Yiddish play featured the incredible true story of a British Jewish hero of WWII.

Get Out: Jews & Elite American Universities

Get Out: Jews & Elite American Universities

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American universities have become hostile to Jews and it’s time for Jews to stop paying for them.

Curious George’s Daring Escape from the Nazis

Curious George’s Daring Escape from the Nazis

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Hans and Margaret Rey, the German-Jewish couple who created Curious George, were living in Paris in 1940 when the Nazis were closing in.

How to Leave Your Mark on the World

How to Leave Your Mark on the World

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A Jewish community rallies together to bury an elderly waiter at a local Kosher restaurant.

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