Jewish History

Passover in the Mississippi Delta

As Passover draws to a close, I’m reflecting on the seder I attended this year—a small and joyful gathering of ...

Can you identify the correct order of these notable events in Jewish history?

Questions of national identity and Jewish identity were central to the experience of modernity for Jews everywhere. How much do ...

“It was the day before Passover, and our Division Chaplain, of the 42nd Rainbow Division sent out a notice that we were ...

Over the generations women did not wait until the night of the Seder to show their commitment to upholding tradition. ...

When my children were in Kindergarten they learned about the story of Esther in preparation for Purim. Five years ago, ...

I’ve been thinking about numbers lately. Not in a Jewish, gematria-type way, but in a way that kinda makes me wish I ...

This question has hounded me since childhood – both in the secular world where I grew up and in the ...

They did not know it was a Jewish cemetery. They did not intend it to be an act of Antisemtism.So ...

I’m a historian, and a native Texan, and Jewish; I love food and especially food history. So when those interests ...

With the Wild West fading and the railway men closing in, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid head for the ...

I believe that there will be no solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict until the Palestinians come face to face ...