Jewish History

The Edge of Anti-Semitism

I always tell myself that I don’t care. So what if Mel Gibson made some anti-Semitic comments in the past? ...

A weekend with the head of Morocco's Jewish community.

Inside, and outside, the Ghetto.

Avinoam J. Patt serves as the Philip D. Feltman Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Hartford, and ...

Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank during the Holocaust, has just died at the age of 100. The New ...

Jewish adventurers were crucial in establishing American civilization on the West Coast.

Sometimes the Canadian in me pops up. I try to hide it as much as I can, and I’ve even ...

Cutbacks, scandals, and hope.

I got a review copy of Jonathan Littell’s novel The Kindly Ones — a massive, 982-page paperweight of a novel ...

I’m not sure whether to be offended or amused by this — right after I professed my love for all ...

Admittedly, 770 Eastern Parkway, the biggest synagogue in Crown Heights and the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism, ...

JTA did all the work in finding this one, so they get the props for it. I’m very happy they ...