Jews Around the Globe

Nahum’s Tomb: A Shavuot Like No Other

This site in Iraqi Kurdistan was a major Jewish gathering spot on Shavuot.

Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam

Amsterdam became a haven for Jewish refugees from the Inquisition.

The Jews of Russia

The territories of the former Russian Empire were the cradle of Jewish modernity, the birthplace of Zionism and Jewish socialism, and a major center of the Hasidic movement.

The Jews of England

Home to some of the worst antisemitic incidents in European history, British Jews have also found England to be one of the most philo-semitic countries of modern times.

The Jews of Italy

Jews have been present on the Italian peninsula from the time of Judah Maccabee.

The Sephardic Diaspora After 1492

Or, the story of how the so-called marranos returned to Judaism.

Russian Immigrant Women in Israel

Challenges encountered by these women in their new society.

Mexican Jews

In 1887, Mexico announced it would accept 5,000 Russian Jews if they were willing to settle uncultivated land owned by the government.

Types of Jews

The many ethnic and religious subgroups within the Jewish community.

Jews in Germany Today

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

The Holocaust in Bulgaria

Although most jews from core areas of this country survived, those in Bulgarian-occupied territories were deported to death camps.

The Holocaust in Greece

More than 60,000 Greek Jews — out of a prewar population estimated at 72,000 — were murdered by the Nazis.