Magnificent Chagall Windows mark 60 years in Jerusalem
When Marc Chagall debuted a series of biblically inspired stained-glass windows at the Louvre in Paris and then at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan in 1961, these shows were only stopovers before...
March of the Living program in Poland postponed due to coronavirus
March of the Living, the largest annual international Holocaust-education program that takes groups to the grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and then Israel, will not take place in this month because of concerns related...
Jewish anti-fascist film thought destroyed by Nazis gets world premiere
A Polish Jewish couple’s anti-fascist movie thought to have been destroyed by the Nazis was shown to the public for the first time in more than 80 years.
The 1931 anti-fascist short film “Europa,” by...
The truth about Jerusalem’s City of David and the lies about Silwan
A photo of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and U.S. envoy Jason Greenblatt on July 1 striking a thin, symbolic wall with a sledgehammer—a wall built to separate two parts of the...
Magdala Stone and other rare artifacts on view in Galilee
An oil lamp bearing the symbol of the seven-branched menorah; a stone from the Second Temple; inscriptions that incorporate the words “Shalom,” “Shabbat” and the names of the sages Shimon, Jacob and Hoshaya. These...
Meet the Cochin Jews: Israel’s oldest Indian community
Whatever way you look at it, the Jewish community of Cochin is an ancient one.
If you rely on traditional lore, the Jews of the city of Cochin in southwestern India can trace their roots...
Jerusalem’s ‘Tomb of the Kings’ opens to the public for the first time in...
French authorities have opened Jerusalem’s ancient “Tomb of the Kings” to the public for the first time in 10 years, the AP reported on Friday.
Limited numbers of visitors are now being allowed to visit the site,...
The Babylonian bubble
A terrible scene flashed across our screens the other day. It was late afternoon on Friday as Shabbat was coming in and suddenly the sirens sounded. Jerusalem was under attack. Alarms blaring, all the...
March 25, 1943: More than 6,200 Dutch physicians, 97 percent of the country’s doctors,...
More than 6,200 Dutch physicians, 97 percent of the country’s doctors, went on strike against the Nazi-created Chamber of Physicians on this date in 1943. Mandatory registration with this newly formed guild would have...
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...