Berlin was the last major German city to establish a Kaffeehaus. Storymap by Isabella Buzynski and Kai...
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A religious scholar explains the history of the High Holy Days and why they might offer consolation...
Anti-Semitism and revisionism were cornerstones of the Horthy regime from 1919 onwards. Introduction The official narrative that...
The persecution and destruction of the Jews of Germany at the time of the Black Death. Introduction...
Later, during the Iron Age, the Israelite religion became distinct from the Canaanite polytheism out of which...
These women have had massive impacts on our laws and the advancement of human rights. Emma Lazarus...
This hoax has resulted in the arrest and killing of Jews throughout history. Introduction Blood libel or...
The dangerous legacy of a letter received by Augustin Barruel, a French Catholic priest and famous conspiracy...
New linguistic research suggests early Germanic language and culture was strongly influenced by the Mediterranean superpower Carthage....
Jewish practitioners participated in the exchange of knowledge between Christian and Muslim writers and practitioners. The Book...
In 63 B.C.E. Pompey was invited to settle a dispute between two Maccabeans. Thus came the Romans....
A woman tells the story of her Holocaust survival through her embroidered art. “I am not going...
An exhibit touring many sites where Jewish culture and medicine intersect. By Paula Wasley Introduction Your bubbe was not...
How shared texts offer community in a time of isolation. Every spring for millennia, Jews around the...
A historian of the Bible explains how ancient Israelites changed the ways of their worship. As the...
The foundational Jewish texts assert that a fetus does not attain the status of personhood until birth....
The women chose psychological sabotage and developed unique strategies. Introduction Nearly all the 1.3 million people sent...
A medieval person would have looked upon the owl and the birds and seen a Christian parable....
Most Jews today are the descendants of the Israelites, as are the Samaritans, only a few of...
A tombstone commissioned by a man in memory of his deceased mother, “Siporah daughter of Dan”. Everything...
Eight decades on, the thought of the state encouraging people to attack groups of citizens is hard...
Most histories highlight the shattered storefronts and synagogues set aflame. But it was the systematic ransacking of...
Sephardic, German, and Eastern European immigrants each contributed to the formation of American Jewry. By Dr. Joellyn...
“Rosh HaShanah” means ‘head [of] the year’, referring to the Jewish day of new year. Introduction Rosh...
Seventy-seven years ago, a telegram bearing a horrifying and unforgettable message reached America’s foremost Jewish leader. It...
Widely held beliefs in eugenic “science” and pervasive fear of foreigners led the US Congress to pass...
Considering the spread of Judaism from the viewpoint of other cultures in the Ancient Near East. Introduction...
Before the age of printing, the texts and layouts of Hebrew works were not standardised. This is...
Language about Jews in the medieval Good Friday liturgy often carried over into physical violence toward local...
The medieval period saw Jews experience intense antisemitism. Introduction The roots of antisemitism can be found in...