Jewish history

Achieving a legacy of greatness

Prime Minister Netanyahu can be remembered for more than being Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. If he takes bold steps to improve Israel’s peace, sovereignty, and security.

By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI
15/12/2024

Tel Dan Stele, oldest archaeological evidence of King David, comes to NY’s Jewish Museum

Before coming to the Jewish Museum, the stele was on display for nearly two months at a biblical archaeology museum in Oklahoma.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
14/12/2024

Biden signs bill developing plan transferring Weitzman Museum to Smithsonian

The act establishes a body that will examine whether the Philadelphia Museum, known as the Weitzman, can join the Smithsonian Institution.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
12/12/2024

Polish police took initiative in Jewish killings, new book explores

Polish police murdered Jews during the Holocaust with gusto and even without Nazi orders, according to new resesarch.

By ZEV STUB/JTA
10/12/2024

On a mission to Auschwitz, I found hope amid the ashes

I visited Krakow again to work on Jewish-Polish reconciliation and yet again in 2022, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when the shadow of war once again loomed over Europe.

By WILLIAM C. DAROFF/JTA
07/12/2024

This week in Jewish history: UN votes in favor of Israel, first kibbutz founded

A highly abridged version of the daily Dust & Stars.

By STEVEN DRUCKER
29/11/2024

Graphic novel tells emotional tale of Jews in 1930s aimed at modern audience

Judessey is a fast-moving and attention-grabbing tale, not without moments of real emotion, told in a series of vivid hand-drawn pictures, embellished with speech bubbles.

Celebrating Aliyah: Stories, flavors, and music from new Olim

ANU – Museum of the Jewish People honors Aliyah Day with a “Human Library” exhibit, immigrant fair, and special events.

By NERIA BARR
30/10/2024

Claims Conference unveils future of Holocaust education in mixed-reality Kristallnacht experience

“There’s a lot of ways to communicate with people about Judaism and the history of Jewish people and the history of antisemitism that people care about. People are interested. People want to learn.”

Is Israel fighting the October 7 War or the Simchat Torah War?

By referring to the war as both the “Oct. 7 War” and the “Simchat Torah War,” we evoke different dimensions of this tragedy and its far-reaching aftermath.

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