September 17, 1724: Glückel Of Hamelnm, Yiddish writer, died on this date
Glikl bas Judah Leib, or Glückel of Hameln, a diarist whose writings in Yiddish provided scholars with an intimate picture of German Jewish ghetto life in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, died on this...
September 17, 1944: Rita Rosani, Partisan Fighter, was killed fighting German soldiers
Rita Rosani, a 24-year-old teacher in a Jewish school in Trieste, Italy, was killed fighting German soldiers on this date in 1944, after surviving several military engagements in the Verona area. She hailed from...
Secret diary of Jewish teen killed by Nazis to publish after nearly 70 years...
The Holocaust diary of Polish Jewish teenager Renia Spiegel will finally be published after being sealed away in a New York bank vault for nearly 70 years, CNN reported.
Spiegel was born in 1924 and lived in...
Alanna and Nir: Winners of summer JWed contest
JWed announced the winning couple of its free trip to Israel contest in honor of its 3,300th match: Nir and Alanna Ben-David.
Here is part of their story, which was selected by a panel of judges:
Years after...
#ShowUpForShabbat to recall Pittsburgh shooting victims, one year later
An initiative by the American Jewish Committee invites people of all faiths to join Jews in synagogues for Shabbat services on Oct. 25-26 as a show of solidarity timed to the first anniversary of...
2,500 attend Birthright Israel mega-event in Ukraine
This week, 2,500 Birthright Israel alumni and friends gathered in Odessa, Ukraine, as part of the largest Birthright Israel event ever to take place outside of Israel.
Once home to Revolutionary Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky,...
Rabbi on ground in battered Bahamas organizes supplies, volunteers for relief efforts
As Hurricane Dorian was unleashing its unimaginable devastation on the Bahamas earlier this week, Rabbi Sholom and Sheera Bluming, co-directors of Chabad of the Bahamas, hunkered down in the capital city of Nassau, making phone calls to residents,...
Monument honors Jewish national hero of Azerbaijan
A monument commemorating the Jewish national hero Albert Agarunov has been erected in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku.
It’s expected to open on the street named after the icon in the near future, reported Trend on Tuesday.
Agarunov was...
Expulsion Of Sephardic Jews from Spain In 1492 And Their Relocation And Success In...
The Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile took control of the Emirate of Grenada (1238-1492), the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, on January 2, 1492. King Boabdil surrendered...
With Eugen Gluck’s passing, the Jewish people have lost one of their pillars
Eugen Gluck was a gift from heaven. A giant among men. But first and foremost, he was a righteous man. Eugen showed everyone who knew him what they should strive for in life. Truly...