Rare manuscripts handwritten by Maimonides on display at Yeshiva University Museum
Artifacts with a personal connection to this great Jewish luminary include a Mishneh Torah (code of law that revolutionized the study and practice of Judaism) signed and personally approved by Maimonides; a fragment from...
80 years ago, a Warsaw Ghetto Uprising play aimed to save European Jews
Eighty years ago, Jews imprisoned in the sealed, overcrowded Warsaw Ghetto rebelled against their Nazi persecutors. Stubbornly clinging to a desire to die with honor, a small group of starving men and women, armed...
From Macedonia to Pardes Hanna
It was 1943 in German-occupied Greece.
The little girl with the curly blonde hair at the church on the outskirts of Athens was at the center of the Nazis’ attention. Reminded of their children back...
Holocaust survivors asked to record testimony with their families
Some 100 Holocaust survivors and their families are participating in a new campaign of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) called “Our Holocaust Story: Pledge to Remember.”
Seeing survivors with their family...
Mimouna celebrated at Knesset for the first time
The Knesset on Wednesday hosted its first-ever Mimouna celebration, welcoming hundreds of guests in a traditional Moroccan tent erected in the front plaza.
The festive custom, held the day after Passover, was brought to Israel...
San Diego-Based Holocaust Survivor, 93, Returns to Auschwitz on Exclusive Mission
“What kept me going was my belief in G-d and the hope to be able to be reunited with my family,” said Ben Midler as he recalls his harrowing experience as a child at...
Yad Vashem calls for historical accuracy in Poland youth trips
Yad Vashem welcomed the renewal on Monday of Israeli youth trips to Poland for Holocaust education, while at the same time stressing the need to maintain “complete historical accuracy” over the European country’s mixed...
A Survivors’ Haggadah
During the first Passover after liberation, considerable numbers of the she’erith hapletah (the surviving remnant) came to the Munich area to celebrate in Sedarim in large and small Jewish Displaced Persons (DPs) camps, and...
Misconceptions about Warsaw Ghetto Uprising abound, says historian Zachary Mazur
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was not the only example of armed Jewish resistance against the Nazis during the Holocaust. A very small percentage of ghetto prisoners fought, and the revolt occurred late in the...
National Library of Israel expands Sephardic heritage, Spanish-language offerings
The National Library of Israel (NLI) announced the online availability of its Sephardic Heritage and Spanish-language resources. In time for Passover, these resources include a large selection of Haggadot in the Sephardic tradition, available...