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Guten Tag, Keshet!

In early October, Dan Schulman joined Keshet as the new Massachusetts Community Organizer. Before he could get settled, Dan was ...

Bowling with Jews

As I was researching the Jewish history of Tulsa, Oklahoma, I came upon a wonderful photograph in the 50th anniversary ...

Who Said This?

Name the Famous Jew Behind the Quote!

Rabbi Hinchin on Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus

Sometimes oral history interviews yield interesting clips that don’t have a clear home among our current history resources. Fortunately, this ...

From the Collection: Clarksdale’s Spunky, Scrapbooking Youth

The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience has a collection of over 3,000 objects and archival materials that tell the ...

A Long Overdue Visit

Clarksdale, Mississippi. To fans of the blues, Clarksdale is the birthplace of the great Sam Cook, “A Change is Gonna ...

Quiz: Historical Events in Jewish History

A quiz on famous dates in Jewish history.

The High Holiday Research Method

With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur just behind us, I thought I would share a little bit about the significance ...

The War of Narratives

When I first started writing, I loved reading advice for writers from my favorite authors. Yet there was one common ...

Texas and Illegal Jewish Immigrants

While illegal immigration has become a hot button issue in recent years, it is not a new phenomenon. In fact, ...

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage: “a journey to a place associated with someone or something well known or respected” (The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of ...

Illusions and Remembering

I liked to sit sipping coffee in the tall kitchen window of my apartment in Vilnius. The window overlooked the ...

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