For two and a half years, the weekly magazine “Yiddishe Bilder” aimed to become a Jewish version of Life magazine. The fall of 1939 was marked by both the Jewish holiday season and the guns of war…
Mazel Tov! Celebrating 150 Years of Postcards
Beautiful, inexpensive and easy to use – postcards were once among the most popular forms of correspondence. In honor of their 150th anniversary, we take a look back at some early examples
Asking Forgiveness from Baruch Spinoza
One of the greatest Jewish philosophers of all time? Or a heretic? The story of Baruch Spinoza
The Jewish Gangster Who Founded a Gambling Desert Paradise
Benny “Bugsy” Siegel hoped to transform the little-known town of Las Vegas into the gambling capital of the world
How a 500 Year-Old Torah Scroll Was Saved from the Nazi Conquest of Rhodes
The scroll was hidden away from the German occupiers in an unlikely location…
An SS Man, an IDF Officer and a Spy: The Story of Ulrich Schnaft
Ulrich Schnaft was a former member of the SS, who posed as a Jew and joined the Israeli army after WWII
Rare Photos: The Trial of John Demjanjuk
The man believed to be “Ivan the Terrible”, a notorious Nazi war criminal, was brought to Israel to face charges in 1986, but the affair ended in doubt and mystery
The Letter of Apostasy: Maimonides as a Refugee
A glimpse of the Letter of Apostasy (“Iggeret HaShmad”) sent by Maimonides as a message to Jews who were forced to convert to Islam and now wished to return to Judaism
Nathan Yellin-Mor: The Underground Fighter Who Became a Peacenik
The incredible life story of the former leader of the Lehi underground movement, whose personal archive is preserved in the National Library
When Ingrid Bergman Ate a Soviet Labor Camp Dinner
The legendary movie star was enlisted to join a campaign raising awareness of the plight of Soviet Jewry during the Cold War era
