modern jewish history

The Friends We Made Along the Way: Jack Earle, the “Jewish Giant”

A fascinating figure looming large in Florida’s Jewish history

Why Study Jewish History?

The reasons are absolutely academic - and profoundly personal

One Of Mississippi’s “Most Endangered” Sites Is A Synagogue

Natchez, Mississippi, is home to one of the most beautiful - and endangered - houses of worship you've ever seen

Touring with Sholem Aleichem

So my biography of Sholem Aleichem – the great Jewish writer, perhaps the greatest in modern Jewish history, the man who created ...

Visiting the Soviet Union

I’ve had four opportunities to visit the Soviet Union/Former Soviet Union over the years, the fourth being the trip I’m preparing ...

Ten Percent of American Jewry’s Top 100 List

Here’s a thought experiment designed to show you how the Jewish world does not work today. Imagine that some extremely ...