Modern Jewish History

Women During the Holocaust

The Nazis subjected women to brutal persecution.

How “Hatikvah” (The Hope) Became Israel’s National Anthem

The surprising history of one of modern Judaism's most important songs.

The Sephardic Diaspora After 1492

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

Hannah Senesh

How this Hungarian Jew became a national heroine of Israel.

Russian Immigrant Women in Israel

Challenges encountered by these women in their new society.

Regina Jonas

How one of the first female rabbis was almost forgotten.

Ethiopian Jews in Israel

Ancient traditions in a new Jewish state.

Albert Einstein

The genius physicist's Jewish activism, while less famous than his theory of relativity, was significant.

Jewish Cookbooks

A history from the traditional to the treyf.

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Some groups of Jews organized to fight the Nazis.

The Eichmann Trial

With the capture of a Nazi officer, discussion about the Holocaust entered the public realm.

Moshe Feinstein

This 20th-century rabbi was the leading Jewish law authority of his generation.