History
Round Challah For The High Holidays? Try These Other Traditional Shapes!
Jews around the world do bird, ladder, and ring-shaped challah.
Lithuania Defends Nazi Collaborator Accused Of Killing Jews
Lithuania’s state historical institute on the Soviet domination of the country defended in court a deceased collaborator with Nazi Germany
Neither Ashkenazi Nor Sephardi, Italian Jews Are A Mystery
Geographical and linguistic history reveals that the question is much more complicated than it seems.
In Cologne, Archaeologists Unearth The History Of Germany’s Oldest Jewish Community
An archaeological project and a forthcoming museum seek to shed light on the long presence of Jews in Cologne, Germany.
Can Ashkenazi Jews Face Israel’s Dark History Of Family Separation?
Jews must face Israel’s history — its destruction of immigrant Mizrahi families — and demand the truth.
How Important Are The Meanings Of Jewish Names?
Throughout history, male Jewish names have been selected for both their Biblical symbolism and their literal meaning.
The Hysteria Over An Israel/Diaspora Split Has To Stop.
Diaspora has expanded, rather than limited, Jewish identity.
Zeev Porath Chronicled Nazi Rapists And Other Atrocities - In His Drawings
A prisoner at the Janowska concentration camp was an architect — and his art documented the sexual violence inflicted on his fellow prisoners.
Why Did Jewish Women Traditionally Have Secular Names, But Not Men?
Why, in traditional Jewish communities, women tend to have secular names and men tend to have Hebrew names? It’s all about the Bible.
Dutch Jews Protest Turkish Developer’s Plan To Turn Synagogue Into Eatery
The new owner said that the Jewish community could still keep using the building if they pay “full rent” for it.