Convicted in Poland for insulting the head of a friendly nation, Jewish hero Nahum Halberstadt was freed on Christmas Day
Revealed: Stirring Words from the Victims of the Mexican Inquisition
Jews in Mexico who secretly kept their faith were tortured and tried. Their tormentors saved their poems…
Did an Illicit Relationship Lead to the Expulsion of England’s Jews?
The story of two courageous converts, their Jewish wives and institutional anti-Semitism
Was One of Catholic Spain’s Prominent Religious Scholars Secretly Jewish?
New research suggests that Alfonso de Zamora may have remained true to his faith
Five-Hundred Years in the Life of the Amon Family
From the surrender of Spain to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent and beyond, they were there
The Bravery of the Women of the Damascus Affair
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
The Composer Who Angered the President of Israel
Andre Hajdu, one of the greatest and most groundbreaking composers in Israeli history, a recipient of the Israel Prize, was not popular with everyone…
100 Years of Ford and the Jews – From Antisemitism to Zionism
Henry Ford was one of the most notorious American antisemites of the 20th century. His grandson, however, was an ardent Zionist. A collection of rare photos from Henry II’s little-known visit to Israel appears here for the first time.
The Nuremberg Laws: The Ban Against Jewish Blood
At an assembly of the Nazi Party in September 1935, the Reichstag passed laws that stripped German Jews of their citizenship
The Archivists and the Forgotten Boxes: Rediscovering the Victims of the Sajmište Concentration Camp
The discovery of boxes of forgotten materials in the Historical Archives of Belgrade sparked the creation of a touching series of historical graphic novels on the Holocaust
