Kingdom of Judah expanded earlier than thought, new study finds
According to a study by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Judah expanded earlier than was previously believed by archaeologists, confirming biblical accounts.
The article, by Institute of Archaeology professor Yosef...
Los Misteryos del Rio Sambatyon
Kon la invasion por los Asirianos de Israel – el Estado ebreo del Norte – los diez Trivos ke formavan su populasion, fueron deportados a Halah i Habor, al deredor del Rio Gozan i...
Books, Internet tell of plagues through history
I am sheltering in place. The health departments of the six Bay Area Counties have ordered stringent social distancing to protect all of us, seniors included. I’m more than a bit of a nut...
Tackling Holocaust whitewash
AUSTRALIAN Holocaust researchers have applauded an activist’s campaign for the truth about the World War II records of two Lithuanians he claims have had their anti-Semitic activities whitewashed by Lithuania’s state-run research into the...
The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan
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The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan
In the summer of 2007, Sheva Zucker, editor of Afn Shvel from 2005-2020, was invited to teach Yiddish...
Can a magnificent art museum help save the dying Dead Sea?
When 1,200 Israelis posed nude at the Dead Sea for American art photographer Spencer Tunick in 2011, project initiator Ari Leon Fruchter hoped the eye-popping images would start a wave of activism to save the unique saltwater...
Famous Jewish couple who perished aboard the Titanic featured in New York exhibit
“Where you go, I go,” Ida Straus told her husband, Isidor, aboard the RMS Titanic in April 1912. With lifeboats available for women and children first, men had to wait. Given a chance for a seat...
Emerging author Jesse Bogner’s ‘spiritual action writing’ covers everything from Kabbalah to Trump
What’s at the intersection of Judaism, politics and spirituality? It’s a literary niche being carved out by up-and-coming writer Jesse Bogner, a student of leading international authority on Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) Michael Laitman.
Bogner left New York...
The 40-year disappearance and resurgence of Polish-Jewish culture
Each of Chuck Fishman’s photos tell a thousand words.
In 1975, Fishman, a photojournalist, traveled to Poland to examine what Jewish life was like in Poland after the Holocaust. While visiting cities like Lodz, Wroclaw,...
Israeli government makes wine a smart brand to export culture and identity abroad
As Israel’s government ministries endeavor to represent and communicate the singularity and attractiveness of Israeli culture and industry to audiences abroad, wine has topped the list as one way to effectively represent Israeli culture...