Tag: Jewish history
Now-dispersed Iraqi Jewish community fights for access to its legacy
In 2003, a group of 16 American soldiers from the Mobile Exploitation Team Alpha discovered a trove of Iraqi Jewish documents in Saddam Hussein’s basement. It was quickly realized by the soldiers that the...
Hanukkah’s true meaning is about Jewish survival
Beginning on the evening of Dec. 12, Jews will celebrate the eight-day festival of Hanukkah, perhaps the best-known and certainly the most visible Jewish holiday.
While critics sometimes identify Christmas as promoting the prevalence in...
The lost Jews of Churachandpur
Seventy-year-old Avihu Singsit, a native of Churachandpur district in Manipur, is excited about migrating to Israel. “I have been waiting to go to the holy land which God chose for my ancestors,” he says....
WATCH | ‘We disappeared’: The forgotten Jewish refugees from Muslim lands
They left under the cover of night. They couldn't even say goodbye. They left everything behind. Many of them never returned, even for a short visit... These are the stories of the Jewish refugees...
Remembering the last Jews of Iraq
The story of the Jews in Iraq is one that dates back 2,500 years, but such was the speed that they were forced to abandon their homeland following the end of the Second World War and creation of...
History Professor Wins 2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award
University of San Diego History Professor Thomas Barton, PhD, has been selected to receive the 2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for the best book published in 2015 or 2016 on Medieval and Early Jewish...
Exhibit Tour: Celebrate SD!
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Join the CJC for an exclusive curator-led tour of the San Diego History Center’s exhibit “Celebrate San Diego! The History and Heritage of San Diego’s Jewish Community.” Walk...
Maltese Islands are redolent with Jewish history
Take three well-positioned, sun-dappled islands between Italy and north Africa, add input from pretty much every major power through history – Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Sicilians, Spain, the Knights of St....
Medieval Jewish cemetery uncovered in Bologna, Italy
Authorities in Bologna, Italy, have announced the discovery of the site of the city’s medieval Jewish cemetery, which was destroyed in 1569.
They said archeological excavations in 2012-14 uncovered 408 graves, making the cemetery the...
Book to place history of Kansas Jews in regional context
LAWRENCE — The history of Midwest Jews is an area ripe for scholarship, and the University of Kansas is well-placed to be a center of such study, according to a researcher who has begun...