Moroccan Jews reflect on their heritage and tradition post-normalization with Israel
Experts in global Jewish history believe that highlighting minority voices within the Jewish community has the power to honor its nuances and interconnectedness. JNS’s new series highlighting Jewish ethnic minorities aims to elevate their...
March 3,1337: Gersonides (Rabbi Levi ben Gershon), also known as the Ralbag, observed a...
Gersonides (Rabbi Levi ben Gershon), also known as the Ralbag, observed a solar eclipse on this date in 1337 from his home in Provence. He became the only stargazer before modern times who correctly...
Israel’s National Library gains gift of rare 15th-century Scroll of Esther
One of the world’s oldest scrolls of Esther was recently gifted to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, the library’s blog announced on Monday.
The scroll, dating from medieval times, was a gift from...
February 18, 1970: Not Guilty
The Chicago Seven Trial ended on this date in 1970 with acquittals for Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner on charges of conspiracy. Five of them were...
February 17, 1988: Israeli writers protest
”I’m for a Palestinian state, because that is the way to life. All other roads lead to death.” These words were spoken by Amos Oz to a gathering of 800, organized by the Israeli...
February 16, 1624: The First Jew to Settle in North America Buys Some Real...
On February 16, 1624, the name of Elias Legardo appeared in a registry of settlers of Virginia, in the present United States of America, who according to some historians would be the first Judeo-European...
Dozen-plus medieval Jewish headstones discovered inside wall in Germany
Construction works recently uncovered 18 Jewish gravestones from the Middle Ages that were built into a wall in the old town of Mainz, Germany.
According to Germany’s Ministry of Culture, the gravestones were used in...
February 14, 1896: Theodor Herzl Published “The Jewish State” (Der Judenstaat)
Der Judenstaat (German, literally The Jews' State, commonly rendered as The Jewish State) is a pamphlet written by Theodor Herzl and published in February 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung. It...
February 11,1953: The USSR breaks off relations with Israel
The Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations with Israel on this date in 1953, only one month after the “Doctors’ Plot” was announced in Moscow and only one month before Stalin died, probably from...
Germany charges former Nazi concentration-camp guard with complicity in 3,518 murders
Prosecutors in Germany charged a former 100-year-old Nazi concentration-camp guard for involvement in the murder of 3,518 people.
They told AFP on Monday that the man is accused of “knowingly and willingly” assisting in the murder of...