Jewish History

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Shimon Peres

Longtime leader of Israel's Labor Party.

Abraham, the Patriarch of Three Faiths

Christianity and Islam share a reverence for Judaism's patriarch.

Ariel Sharon

From military hawk to political pragmatist

Jewish Immigrants in the Garment Industry

New York was a hub of clothing production, with sweatshops the first American workplace for many newly arrived Jews.

Emma Goldman

A profile of the anarchist and lifelong advocate for social justice.

Ellis Island

A brief history of the place where so many Jewish immigrants entered the U.S.

Jewish Vacations: The Catskills

A mid-20th-century haven for Jews trying to get away from it all.

The Lynching of Leo Frank

Falsely accused of murdering a girl, a Jewish man was killed by a white mob in Georgia in 1915.

Secular Zionism

From religious idea to secular ideology.

Who Was Elie Wiesel?

This Nobel-winning Holocaust survivor brought the Holocaust and its survival to the American public.

The Dreyfus Affair

The espionage conviction of a French military officer was a watershed event in the history of European anti-Semitism.

Jews in Germany Today

The land where Hitler once ruled has a burgeoning Jewish community.

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