(Chabad.org) In a move that is making waves in academic and lay circles, the Chabad-Lubavitch Library has created a new site with high-quality, full-color scans of a vast collection of thousands of precious manuscripts that have never been seen by...
Richard Brookhiser, The Forward
• Published February 21, 2022
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In August 1790 President George Washington took a trip to Rhode Island, the last state to have...
BURTON BOXERMAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 20, 2022
When Dvora Hacohen, professor and historian of modern Jewish history at Bar Ilan University in Israel, was looking for an inclusive biography of Henrietta Szold, she was unable to find one. She was surprised because Szold was considered the most famous...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 17, 2022
Lisa Johnson says her internship at The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is nothing short of a labor of love.
"I’m learning through doing, and that doing is helping make history come alive in translation," said Johnson.
Johnson is an...
Today, we tell the remarkable story of Morris Gutterman, a St. Louisan who survived living in Nazi-occupied Poland, 5 camps before being liberated by the British. The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is allowing us to republish portions of their...
Hanan Greenwood, JNS
• Published February 14, 2022
(Israel Hayom via JNS) The fight against the auctioning of Nazi artifacts took another turn over the weekend, as popular auction website “Bidspirit” announced a total ban on the sale of Nazi items. Any auction houses violating the ban will be removed...
Today, February 14th is one day of the year that is directly linked to love, I decided to research the phenomenon of love to see what modern science has to say about it.
Surprisingly, scientists have only relatively recently begun to research the...
Before you take your next bite of some delicious chocolate, you may want to check out this book from Green Bean Books. In Babka, Boulou & Blintzes, British author Michael Leventhal explores the history of chocolate in Jewish food and culture. If you’re...
Benjamin Ivry, The Forward
• Published February 11, 2022
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Her British Jewish subjects are cheering the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II this year,...
Stephanie Sylverne, Kveller
• Published February 10, 2022
Yesterday, Prince Charles will unveil a bronze statue of Licoricia of Winchester, one of the most influential women in medieval England, near her home in the town’s 13th century Jewish quarter. Renowned artist Ian Rank-Broadley modeled the figures...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 10, 2022
Hopefully soon, we'll all be able to pack our bags and fly off to wherever in the world we care to go. But, for now, COVID has changed the way we travel, and experiencing and exploring the world's Jewish sites is best done virtually.
Virtual travel...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION, ISRAELED.ORG
• Published February 10, 2022
Feb. 10, 1913 — Air Force Builder Charles Winters Is Born
Charles Winters, who helps Israel build its first air force, is born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Winters, who is not Jewish, works as a government purchasing agent during World War II and runs...
