This week in Jewish history: Birth of Hebrew University
The first Jewish university, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was opened by Lord Balfour, seven years after the ...
The Forward on MSN1d
Why Jews were like everyone else — only more so — during slavery and the Civil War
Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...
Ancient Jewish ritual bath, oldest of its kind in Europe, uncovered by archaeologists
Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.
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The Jewish history of a Kazakh city
Atyrau, a majority-Muslim Kazakh city in a Central Asian desert known for its history of Cossack rebellions, doesn’t sound ...
The Standard on MSN12d
Miracle of Jewish survival: History and meaning of Purim
Purim, therefore, is the prototype for Jewish survival during exile. The Divine Providence hidden in apparently random events ...
Boulder Jewish News1d
You’re Virtually Invited: “Lincoln and the Jews” at The New York Historical
Please join the New York Historical & the Shapell Manuscript Foundation as we celebrate the paperback edition, with new, ...
The Brown Daily Herald11dOpinion
Bolton: Protestors should understand the history of antisemitic rhetoric
I did not go to rabbinical school to serve as an antisemitism watchdog. But the proliferation of this language across the ...