Arthur Szyk’s magnificent artwork on the Declaration of Independence highlights the deep, meaningful connection between the new Jewish state and the ancient Jewish past.
A glimpse into a Haggadah written for the residents of the displaced persons camp in Munich, illustrated by a Holocaust survivor.
This is how the Jewish Legion soldiers of the British army set up a Seder in Benghazi, Libya in 1943.
A glimpse at a remnant from an 11th century prayer book discovered in the Cairo Genizah
A rare manuscript reveals that even in the midst of Soviet oppression there were Jews who insisted on preserving a remnant of their ancestors’ faith.
Dracula? He’s nothing compared to the first vampire in history, the one and only Lilith. Among her many “hobbies”: hounding humankind, causing crib death and night emissions in men, and sucking blood.
Do you thank the Almighty for making you a man or a woman? Two fifteenth-century manuscripts show the choice is yours!
For centuries, scholars deliberately distorted Jewish teachings to confirm their antisemitic views
The Catalan Mahzor survived the edict of expulsion from Spain, was smuggled out of Nazi Germany to the United States, and eventually found its way to the National Library in Jerusalem.
