József Braun was Footballer of the Year and top scorer in his native Hungary, but those that saw him star for the national team couldn’t have guessed that his life would come to a tragic end in the Holocaust
The Rabbi Who Called to Establish a Jewish State in Uganda
Why did Rabbi Reines, the founder of Religious Zionism, support the British Uganda Proposal?
Hannah Senesh: The Girl Who Never Stopped Writing
A glimpse of Hannah Senesh’s childhood writings
Hannah Senesh’s Last Note
“Dear mother, I don’t know what to tell you. I will only say this: A thousand thanks and more, and forgive me, if you can…”
The Emotional Reunion With Hannah Senesh’s Notebook
In the 1950s, Katherine Senesh donated four pages containing poems handwritten by her paratrooper daughter to the National Library. Now, with the deposit of the full Hannah Senesh Collection, these pages will be reunited with the notebook from which they originally came
Mythical Dwarfs and Garden Gnomes – the Jewish Connection
Is there a connection between the pointed hat worn by mythical dwarfs and gnomes and the hats once worn by the Jews of Europe?
Introducing Naamah, the “Mother of All Demons”
How the biblical figure of Naamah evolved into a terrifying demon that rises from the depths of the sea to seduce the men of the world
How Tishrei Became the First Month of the Hebrew Calendar
How did we come to celebrate the New Year in the fall when in the Bible it was celebrated in the spring? And what is the origin of the first month’s peculiar name?
When Jews From the Land of Israel Vacationed in Lebanon
There was a time when Lebanon’s coastal cities and snowy peaks were leading tourist destinations for the Jewish residents of Mandatory Palestine
How the Western Wall Became One of Judaism’s Holiest Sites
When and how did Jews begin praying at the Western Wall?
