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Nets’ Ben Saraf, Danny Wolf bring new wave of Jewish talent to NBA
The Nets made history this summer, becoming the first NBA team to select five players in the first round of the 2025 NBA ...
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 ...
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 ...
Israel National News6mOpinion
Why this insane obsession with Jews and Israel?
It is fascinating that some of the most splendid prose in the Hebrew Bible emerges from the mouth of Balaam, a brilliant poet ...
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle1d
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 University2d
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 ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency6d
He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from ...
He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1d
He’s back: Larry David teams up with the Obamas to create new TV comedy series about American history
“It’s hard to remember a time before ‘Curb,’ or without Larry David’s perspective on modern life,” said Amy Gravitt, the head ...
Opinion
The Jewish Press3dOpinion
A Messianic Perspective: History’s Beginning & End
To speculate on the specific causes or to identify individuals as Divine agents is presumptuous and irreverent. To view the larger movement of history not only through the lens of politics, but ...