Modern Jewish History

American Jewish Life, 1980-2000

Political and Social Integration

Judaism After Communism

Jewish life flourishes both in and outside the former Soviet Union.

Joseph Herman Hertz

Author, Zionist and chief rabbi of the British Empire for more than three decades.

The Twin Wars

How the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War shaped Israel.

Moses Mendelssohn

Herald of the Jewish Enlightenment.

Jewish Pioneer Women

Blazing the wagon trail.

The Sinai Campaign

Israel's First Military Offensive.

Hannah Greenebaum Solomon

Founder of the Jewish Women's Congress and first president of the National Council of Jewish Women.

Volozhyn

Home of a famous Lithuanian-style yeshiva.

Moses Sofer

Austro-Hungarian rabbi who fought against the influence of Reform.

Betty Friedan

An Appreciation.

Bella Abzug

The Jewish congresswoman was a champion of women's rights, human rights, equality, peace, and social justice.