In today’s story from the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, We tell the story of Felicia Graber, a St. Lousian who survived the Holocaust not knowing she was Jewish.
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust...
In the Tanach, you'll find numerous references to axes, either as weapons or as tools. That could be one reason why many Jews are throwing axes.
In Judges 9:48, we read: “Abimelech took the axes in his hand and cut down a branch of the trees, lifted...
In today's story from the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, We tell the story of Bess Fizel, a St. Lousian who survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is allowing...
Thanksgiving is a quintessentially American holiday, and for generations, many Jews had concerns regarding their ability to celebrate. That’s why prominent Orthodox rabbis of the mid-20th century, including Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik and Rabbi Moshe...
Jonathan D. Sarna, University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
• Published November 20, 2021
“Jews will not replace us,” demonstrators chanted at the “Unite the Right” rally organized by armed white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, to stop the removal of a statue dedicated to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Heather...
Jeannette Gabriel, Director, Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
• Published November 13, 2021
In October 2021, a new museum opened in Paris, dedicated to the famous “Dreyfus affair.”
Alfred Dreyfus was a Jewish captain in the French army who was court-martialed and convicted of treason on flimsy evidence in 1894 – then exonerated in...
Jordan Palmer, Director of digital Communications
• Published November 13, 2021
I'm patiently waiting to go to brunch.
I'm waiting because my wife Leigh is blow-drying her hair. I only mention that, because she just came inside from outside, and said, "It's too cold to be outside with wet hair," and now, I'm waiting.
As I often...
HANAN GREENWOOD AND YORI YALON, JNS
• Published November 2, 2021
The “extremely rare” stamps are expected to sell for $30,000-$40,000, says Tzolman’s Auction • European Jewish Association chairman appeals to Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar to halt the “despicable sale.”
Jordan Palmer and AVISHAY ARTSY
• Published October 31, 2021
In 1936 Canadian Nickel was needed for lining guns, particularly if you wanted to invade Poland and France, but at the time it was near impossible to get on the market. There was a de-facto boycott to Germany.
That was when a New York Jewish hustler...
Gematria is a numerological system by which Hebrew letters correspond to numbers. This system, developed by practitioners of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), derived from Greek influence and became a tool for interpreting biblical texts.
In gematria,...
The award-winning English film and television actress Helena Bonham Carter probably could have gone on to a career in diplomacy had acting not so caught her fancy. She certainly had the family legacy: Her grandfather was Eduardo Propper de Callejon,...
The following story is part of the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. It was told by Toby Cymber Gutterman in memory of her beloved husband, Murry Cymber. Murray passed away in 1973 and didn’t live to do it himself,...
