history

Expulsion and Readmission

Medieval European Jewry repeatedly faced banishment for both economic and religious reasons.

Passover (Pesach) 101

What you need to know about the festival of freedom.

Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam

Amsterdam became a haven for Jewish refugees from the Inquisition.

Jews in Poland

Medieval Jews found religious tolerance and economic opportunity in Poland

Jews in Palestine

The accumulation of disasters in the Middle Ages--expulsions, crusades, and the Black Death, to name a few--inspired a steady stream of Jewish immigration to the Holy Land.

Kashrut 101

Jewish dietary laws are observed in varying degrees among Jewish families and individuals.

Jewish Time

The emergence of Jewish history--part one.

Jewish Historiography

The emergence of Jewish history--part two.

Crash Course in Medieval Jewish History

From the Muslim-Arab conquests of the 7th century to the appearance of modern ideas in the 1,000 years later.

After the Holocaust

Refugees and trials of the Nazis.