Jewish History

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The Wisdom of Etty Hillesum

The Dutch Holocaust victim wrote: “Ultimately what matters most is to bear the pain, to cope with it, and to keep a small corner of one’s soul unsullied, come what may.”

Why I Wear My Kippah More Now

On outwardly religious apparel in the post-Charlottesville world.

A Refugee from Laos Finds a Home in the Jewish Community

What Holocaust survivors taught this refugee from Laos.

Jewish Beauty Queens and Movie Stars: The Unknown Story of Bollywood

A filmaker’s journey to uncover the story of Jews in Bollywood.

Modern-Day Moses: The Heroes Who Saved Ethiopian Jews

The heroes who endured torture and risked their lives to save Ethiopian Jews.

Why We Need to Change the Yom Hashoah Narrative

Up until relatively recently, Yom Hashoah was a day of atrocity and victimization at the hands of history.

The Religious Kibbutz

A unique blend of nationalism, socialism, and religion.

Ask the Expert: Sunday Services

Are there any Reform temples that still have their main service on Sunday?

American Jews at the Turn of the 20th Century

Modernization and immigration shape the community.

Jews in Coney Island: A History

From the fashionable to the freak show.

Brit Shalom: A Covenant of Peace

A little-known Zionist group that struggled for a peaceful solution to the Arab Question.

Eli Cohen

Israel's most famous and successful spy.

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