After decades in ruins, Nikos Stavroulakis set out to revitalize Jewish life on the Greek island of Crete
A leading theory ties the identity of the insect from Franz Kafka’s classic “The Metamorphosis” to the author’s Hebrew teacher
In the late 1990s, advertising executive Gary Wexler visited Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union that had suddenly rediscovered their own religious and national identity in the wake of the collapse of communism. These ads captured some of the powerful moments and images of that period in Jewish history…
The unbelievable story of how 1,088 (or was it 1,122?) people flew aboard a single airplane as part of 1991’s Operation Solomon
In 1939, sickening accounts of impending genocide appeared on the same pages as cruise and resort promos
One Seder during WWII – and one right after – left an indelible mark on the renowned educator and activist
“…we felt it would have been strange to hold a Seder in Egypt”
Albert Sabin may be less famous than Jonas Salk, but he probably shouldn’t be
New US secretary of state’s immigrant ancestor was a trailblazing Yiddishist, as well as a carpenter and masseuse
