Jewish history

Philadelphia’s American Jewish history museum extends free admission

Misha Galperin, the museum’s president and CEO, said in a statement that the free admission policy aims to combat prejudice.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
21/07/2023

Tisha B’Av invites you to imagine how everything could go wrong

Life is so inconceivable without the Temple, that the only reasonable approach is for the world to literally end, to stop producing food or procreating “until the seed of Abraham will disappear..."

By RABBI SHLOMO ZUCKIER/JTA
21/07/2023

British town where the antisemitic blood libel theory was born could get a Jewish heritage center

Norwich is encouraging local Jewish leaders to apply for the lease on Jurnet’s House, the 12th-century structure that was originally the home of Isaac Jurnet, a Jewish moneylender.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
05/07/2023

Jewish comedy greats: Stand-up entertainers – in every sense

As a point of national pride, let’s take a look at some of the Jewish comedians that have brought love and laughter into our lives. 

By RUTH BELOFF
30/06/2023
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In their classroom, Torah is a three-ring circus - by design

Traditional yeshiva-style learning emphasizes that there are as many ways to understand the Bible as there are clowns in a tiny car, and Sacred Arts aims to uncover a few more.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
26/06/2023

Unconventional Holocaust survivor photo exhibit launches near Nazi German concentration camp

The Humans of the Holocaust photo exhibit will be on display at the Max Mannheimer Haus in Dachau Germany until the beginning of August and is open to the public

20/06/2023

'Anne Frank pornography' being banned in Florida, Texas schools

A new version of the famous Holocaust diary is being called ‘Anne Frank pornography’ and is in turn getting banned from schools in Texas and Florida.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
13/06/2023
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