Jewish History

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The Holocaust in Greece

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

Jewish Women and Suburbanization

A close look at the role of women and girls in the early American suburbs.

Joan Rivers

How a first generation Jewish American became an entertainment legend.

Who Is Rachel Adler?

How Adler uses feminist ideas to challenge Jewish law.

Ruth Gruber

A life dedicated to rescue.

Displaced Persons After the Holocaust

The survivors said: "We were liberated, but we are not free."

History of Jews in Ireland

The People of the Book on the Emerald Isle.

Hank Greenberg

This Bronx-raised baseball star became the pride of America's Jews.

The Geonic Period

During this time Babylonia was the spiritual and political center of Diaspora Jewry, and Jewish communities looked to the Geonim for authoritative teachings on halachic matters.

Leo Baeck

Theologian who emphasized the ethical center of Judaism.

A.D. Gordon: The Religion of Labor

A Zionist thinker who advocated a return to nature.

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