Jewish history
This Hanukkah, my synagogue is illuminating our walls with relics of our Jewish immigrant stories
What better place to encourage people to learn and share their own immigrant history, digging out the details of who came when, from where and why?
Jews need new story of Hanukkah or risk losing next Jewish generation to disillusionment - opinion
The struggle to perceive miracles in real time links Hanukkah’s origins to recent events - opinion
Greek textbooks discuss Judaism, Holocaust in detail, but fall short on antisemitism
Zionism beyond Europe: Restoring the Mizrahi narrative in Jewish education - opinion
Theodor Herzl stood on the shoulders of these pioneers, and his ideas for a Jewish state can be traced directly to them.
AI opens vast trove of medieval Jewish records from the Cairo Geniza
The Cairo Geniza, the biggest collection of medieval Jewish documents in the world, has been the object of countless hours of study by scholars for more than a century.
This month in Jewish history: Operation Moses, Hanukkah, and Spinoza
A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
Haaretz’s claims on brit milah: Separating fact from misconception - opinion
That this family continues to have a strong connection to our nation, history, and customs speaks to how brit milah – unchanged itself across millennia – continues to preserve the Jewish people.
Beyond the beaches and medieval walls: Discovering Jewish Rhodes
From airport signs, restaurant menus on buzzing streets, and business cards in Hebrew, an Israeli visitor can almost feel at home in Rhodes.
Mermaids and a talking donkey: A treasure trove of ‘midrashic’ interpretations - review
Zev T. Gershon's '100 Wonders in the World of Torah' includes entries of little-known stories and oddities.
The fascinating history of Jews in Montenegro
This small Adriatic nation, nestled between the mountains and the sea, with barely 600,000 citizens, has a rich Jewish history.
Back to Budapest: A mixed experience
Before the Holocaust, 24% of Budapest’s population had been Jewish. Today, there are some 100,000 Hungarian Jews.
Rosh Hashanah: One union
God wants us to be in unity: that we honor one another, and that we respect each other’s wishes and aspirations.
Jewish cemetery predating expulsion from Britain discovered in London
The cemetery, discovered on the Barbican estate, is understood to date back to 1070 and is located near ancient Roman walls.
New digital archive gives global access to Israel’s archaeological treasures
The Israel Antiquities Authority has launched a new database holding over three million historically significant records.
