Historic fortress unearthed at Chabad site in Helsinki
A markedly historic site neighboring Helsinki’s Presidential Palace of world summit fame being refurbished for a Chabad center just got even more historic with the discovery below its surface of what archaeologists believe are the remains of a...
Oldest-ever inscription of ‘Jerusalem’ found on pillar
A pillar from the Second Temple period bearing a three-line inscription was unveiled at the Israel Museum on Tuesday, the earliest stone inscription of the full modern Hebrew spelling of “Jerusalem.”
“Hananiah son of Dodalos...
Oskar Schindler passed away 44 years ago
October 9th, marks the 44th anniversary of the death of Oskar Schindler, a singular and unlikely rescuer who was immortalized by Steven Spielberg's legendary movie – "Schindler's List".
A German industrialist and member of the...
Pilot Giora Epstein, 1973: ‘Then I was told, the Egyptian and Syrian air forces...
Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Giora Epstein has played a critical role in defending Israel during many air battles throughout his years as a combat pilot. He has shot down no fewer than 17 enemy aircraft—the most...
Honoring Polish rescuers in Warsaw who risked all to save Jews during the Holocaust
The sacrifices of Polish rescuers of Jews living in Warsaw during the Holocaust was honored on Sunday in one of the largest gatherings of Shoah rescuers in the Polish capital—and in what may be...
Miguel Giner, the Spaniard who flouted Franco’s laws to save hundreds of Jews from...
Vicente Giner (Altea, 1930) was 13 years old when that group of fifteen or twenty Polish Jews arrived at his house in Les, in Lleida, during the Second World War. "I remember everything perfectly...
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Network of Jewish Quarters in Portugal and Spain
Spain and Portugal have a rich Jewish history. Jews were in the Iberian Peninsula since the days of the Roman empire. Jewish culture flourished under Moorish rules, where Christians, Muslims and Jews coexisted. Even...
‘To Bear Witness’: Florida college student’s inaugural photo exhibit illustrates starkness of Poland
Avi Davidson, a student at the University of South Florida in Tampa, overcame injuries that left him in a wheelchair and cost him his arm to open his first photo exhibition on campus on...
Historic preservation project underway at Jewish cemetery in Lubavitch, Russia
The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF), together with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and Geder Avos Jewish Heritage Group, Inc., held a historic unveiling ceremony on Aug. 26 of a new preservation project at the Jewish...
The Cantankerous Pre-History of America’s Jews
The conventional narrative of Jewish America begins in the 1880s, with the massive influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe to New York and other cities. Their descendants indeed make up the majority of today’s...