A letter sent by the wives of Jewish men imprisoned during the Damascus Affair of 1840 gives voice to the suffering of these women, some of whom were beaten and even forced to provide sexual favors as a result of the blood libel
Is This What the First Temple Looked Like?
A beautiful book featuring a special dedication from Baron Edmond de Rothschild walks us through the corridors of the Temple in Jerusalem
Gandhi: The Yiddish Connection
This is the little-known story of Mohandas Gandhi’s unusual relationship with the Yiddish language…
Passing the Torch: The Maccabees of Berlin
More than 80 years after Jewish sports associations were outlawed by the Nazis, hundreds of German athletes still proudly wear the Star of David on their jerseys
The Black Hebrew Exodus, 50 Years On
Rare images reveal the group’s first days in the Promised Land
A 15th Century Jewish Prayer Book Has Been Fully Restored by the National Library
The “Moskowitz Mahzor” was created by one of the Middle Ages’ most important Jewish artists, Joel ben Simeon; It is now available to the public online
Who Are You, Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof?
The three angels charged with safeguarding newborn babies and their mothers
The Story of the First Hebrew Animated Film
Even the creators of the short animated film “The Adventures of Gadi ben Susi” didn’t think it was any good
The Prophet of Abstraction and the Master of Light in Darkness: George Steiner and Gershom Scholem
On the unique relationship between two giants of the Jewish literary world
The Hebrew Women of His Majesty’s Armed Forces
During WWII, Hebrew women lined up to volunteer for the British Army. Posters from the period offer a fascinating glimpse of this unique chapter in Zionist history, as well as the history of feminism in Israel
