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 ...