Archivists at the Lithuanian State Historical Archives were surprised to discover a famous figure while examining historic 250 year old records from Vilnius
On Gershom Scholem, Conspiracy Theories and Rabbinical Court Controversies
Marvin Antelman, an American rabbi and conspiracy theorist, was one of the many strange figures who wrote letters to Gershom Scholem, the distinguished scholar of Jewish mysticism. Scholem, however, was not impressed…
Kehilot Moshe: The Discovery of a Rare Illustrated Bible
The Twin Sets of Kehilot Moshe contain wonderful and unique illustrations, which feature rare examples of Jewish self-representation
Postcards from Auschwitz
“Dear wife, I am healthy and I work as a tailor…kind regards and kisses” This chilling correspondence was sent from Nazi concentration camps
The Chad Gadya Melody That Survived the Holocaust
Shmuel Blasz was murdered at Auschwitz, but the original melody he wrote for the beloved Passover song lives on
Saving a 400 Year-Old Manuscript
A 16th-century Yemeni manuscript containing a wonderful illustration of a menorah is being restored in our Conservation and Restoration Department. Come have a look behind the scenes
“Stranger Things” in Jerusalem: Goethe and Goebbels in the Ticho Family Garden
How Else Lasker-Schüler ventured into her own alternate universe in downtown Jerusalem…
A History in Pictures: The Jews of the USSR
In the early 1980s, Ilya Dvorkin came up with the idea of documenting the lives of Jewish communities throughout the vast territories of the Soviet Union
Robinson Crusoe in the Languages of the Jews
How the classic English novel spread throughout the Jewish world and its many languages
Crossing the Divide: Walter Grab and the East-German Historical Establishment
The Vienna-born Israeli historian Walter Grab was among the few to venture across the academic Iron Curtain in pursuit of his research…This is the story of his unique relationship with East German scholar Heinrich Scheel
