Adam B. Cohen, Arizona State University, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published September 29, 2022
The Jewish High Holidays are fast approaching: Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. While the first really commemorates the creation of the world, Jews view both holidays as a chance to reflect on our shortcomings, make amends and seek forgiveness, both from...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published September 29, 2022
September 29, 1947 — Arab Committee Rejects U.N. Partition Plan
The Arab Higher Committee for Palestine formally rejects the U.N. Special Committee on Palestine’s partition plan, which calls for separate Jewish and Arab states and an international...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 28, 2022
Who doesn’t love their coffee in the morning? I know I do, which got me thinking, could there be a Jewish connection to the joe in my mug?
The answer: there is and it's quite interesting.
The rich history of coffee is traced back as early as the...
Mimi David, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published September 22, 2022
Rosh Hashanah can seem confusing. On one hand, we know it is the Day of Judgment, a day on which the future of every human being and really of the entire world is discerned.
On the other hand, it is a day of celebration. We wear our nicest clothes,...
By Rafael Medoff, JNS.org
• Published September 21, 2022
Babe Ruth is remembered for his home runs on the field and his hot dog binges and other peccadilloes off the field. But as the American public is about to discover, there was another Babe Ruth—one who went to bat for women and minorities, including...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 21, 2022
With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, I'm now actually glad PBS put a one-day delay between Episodes 1 and 2 of Ken Burns’ “The U.S. and the Holocaust.” I needed a good day to process all that happened in the first two hours of the three-part, six-hour...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 20, 2022
On the heels of the national release of Ken Burns’ documentary series “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” on PBS, a new traveling exhibit is opening near St. Louis that examines the same important questions about what the international community, including...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 20, 2022
In watching Episode 1 of Ken Burns' documentary series “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” on PBS, St. Louis viewers received a special treat. One of our own was prominently included in the documentary.
At approximately 35 minutes in, we meet Gunther...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 19, 2022
Within the first 10 minutes of Ken Burns' “The U.S. and the Holocaust” I knew that I was going to learn things I never knew.
Part One starts with the U.S. government’s enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first time that admission...
(JTA) — Frank Saraceno has worked for ESPN since 1994 and has produced hour-long documentaries on some of the biggest stars in sports for the cable channel’s Emmy Award-winning “E:60” series.
But he thinks working on the episode airing Tuesday...
(JTA) — Iran’s leadership has returned to Holocaust denial, its leader made clear in an interview with “60 Minutes,” after distancing itself from the phenomenon.
“Historical events should be investigated by researchers and historians,” Ebrahim...
