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A Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, Spain on this date in 1066, crucified Joseph ibn Naghrela, the Jewish vizier to the Berber king, and massacred more than a thousand Jewish families....

Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, head of the organized crime death squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and the only major mob boss to be executed for a specific murder, was born on this date in...

From his visceral hatred of Jews and his obsession with occultism to his bizarre relationship with his wife Eva Braun, we delve into the mind of the world's most notorious dictator. BETTMANN 3 Why did Hitler hate...

If one theme predominates throughout former First Lady Michelle Obama’s memoir, it is that, notwithstanding the fact that she and her husband had risen to the very pinnacle of power and prestige in the...

Jewish cuisine has evolved over many centuries. Much of #Jewish cuisine has been influenced by agriculture, tradition, and economic ebbs and flows. The many countries where Jewish communities have settled throughout the world play...

I travel the world. When someone mentions Asia, I immediately conjure up mystical India. Falling in love with "Incredible India," as the its own ministry of tourism puts it, is not difficult, even though the...

Dodger fans have been aching for a World Series Championship since 1988 when they beat the Oakland Athletics in 5 games. This was the series where Kirk Gibson hit his infamous homerun in game 1. Dodger...

OK, I’ll admit it, I enjoy children’s movies.  They are frequently gentle, sentimental, and have happy endings.  I went to see  Tim Burton’s new version of Dumbo and liked it very much.  Although I saw the...

Moti Giladi sings “My Way” in Yiddish (Mayn veg) at the Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw: “Singer’s Warsaw” in Warsaw, Poland, in 2007. The festival, which has been taking place since 2004, is named after...

The first word in the Torah is Beresheet “בראשית“ a Divine word that encompass many acronyms and hidden celestial concepts within its letters. Our Sages say that all 613 Mitzvot derive from this one,...