Discover the significance of the Nine Days of Av and its impact on Jewish history, from ancient disasters to modern conflicts.
Av 2, 3830 (70 CE): Roman emperor Titus began battering operations against the wall of the Temple court
'Jews were hunted on horseback through the streets of Urga, lynched in their homes, tortured for amusement.'
Today, the Jewish community in Hodeidah and Yemen is nearly extinct.
YIVO said the diary provides “intimate insights into daily life, cultural resistance, and moral choices faced by those in the ghetto."
"We knew there was a synagogue there, but we didn't know if something was preserved underground since nothing was showing above ground," Polish historian Sebastian Rakowski said.
July 22, 1920: Keren Hayesod founded, July 24, 1922: League of Nations grants Britain mandate to administer Palestine.
The laws of the red heifer comprise the quintessential illogical ritual.
Israelis will greatly benefit from seeing Arthur Szyk’s artwork at the University of Haifa.
It has been our legacy to stand tall and block out the noise and the hatred. We have always possessed this courage and this different spirit, and our current crisis should be no different.
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