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This week in Jewish history: Moses breaks the Tablets
Pope Innocent III promulgated a church doctrine that doomed Jews to perpetual servitude and subjugation because of the belief ...
The Trump administration said ‘many Jewish groups’ support a controversial nominee — some have never heard of him
In defending its nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, the government’s top watchdog, the Trump administration ...
He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.
The Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, Sarna has been a force in his ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency15h
In a Polish town where locals burned Jews alive in 1941, new plaques deny complicity with Nazis
A man reads one of the plaques newly placed near a Polish monument to the wartime Jedwabne massacre of Jews by their Polish ...
North Country Public Radio1d
North Words: how learning the history of Jewish congregations helps you better understand the North Country
Mitch Teich speaks with a researcher that studies Jewish life in small towns, and takes a trip to the synagogue in Tupper ...
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle20h
‘Father of Jewish Genealogy’ Dan Rottenberg to speak at Heinz History Center
When you trace your ancestors, you learn more about yourself, you learn more about history, and you are able to place your ...
World’s Jewish population still hasn’t recovered from the Holocaust, shocking analysis shows: ‘Reminder of how many people we lost’
Have Jews made up for the loss of people killed in the Holocaust? The answer is no,” said Jonathan Sarna, a professor of ...
‘Cry of hatred’: Jewish leaders speak out after two swastikas were spray-painted at Wilmington intersection
In recent weeks, swastikas have been spray-painted along Shipyard Boulevard in Wilmington. These acts are not isolated ...
Jewish population has never fully recovered from the Holocaust’s devastation
By the time the Nazi Party’s systematic murder of Jewish people in Europe ended in 1945, the global Jewish population had ...
Touro University1d
A Forgotten Chapter of Jewish Resilience
Decades after defying the Soviet Union, Touro Faculty Rabbi Josef Mendelevich brings his story to a new audience with his ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN24d
The History of Ma’amoul, a Middle Eastern Cookie That Is a ‘Love Letter’ to Our Ancestors
Before ma’amoul were treats served at special occasions, they were simple biscuits that fueled travelers. “‘Ma’amoul’ is not really a fancy word,” says Nawal Nasrallah, an Iraqi food writer and ...
Jewish Exponent4d
David Corenswet, the New Superman, Is From a Jewish Family
David Corenswet takes on the iconic role of Superman, bringing Jewish representation to the character's long history.