RABBI PAUL STEINBERG, My Jewish Learning
• Published September 30, 2021
Every week, one section of the Torah, known as the Torah portion or "Parsha" is designated as a focus of Jewish study and is read aloud in synagogue that Shabbat.
The first mention of a scheduled Torah-reading cycle appears in the Bible, in Deuteronomy,...
Back in January of 1963, in Flensburg, West Germany, a former SS leader, Martin Fellenz, was on trial for the mass murder of Jews during World War II in Russia and Poland. On that day, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the jury was told about...
Since 1979, Vida “Sister” Goldman Prince has been Chairman of the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The project is dedicated to recording and preserving audio interviews of not only Holocaust Survivors,...
Anne Frank trending on Twitter is rarely a good thing. From January to May this year, Black Hammer, which calls itself a “revolutionary organization” working for “all colonized people worldwide,” tweeted monthly statements condemning the most...
Zach Rothbart, The National Library Of Israel
• Published September 12, 2021
"A Look at the Jewish Year", a new series from the National Library of Israel and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, includes three videos highlighting core texts and concepts surrounding the holidays in the Jewish month of Tishrei, as well as source...
The Missouri Historical Society, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published September 8, 2021
The Sievers Studio Collection is one of the largest studio collections at the Missouri Historical Society, containing 253 linear feet of photographic negatives, prints, and business records dating from the 1910s through the 1980s.
Sievers Studio was...
Since 1979, Vida “Sister” Goldman Prince has been Chairman of the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The project is dedicated to recording and preserving audio interviews of not only Holocaust Survivors,...
In April 1968, a Jewish schoolteacher named Harriet Glickman sat down at her kitchen table and typed out a letter to the man behind America’s favorite cartoons: the Peanuts inventor, Charles Schulz. She told him how deeply the assassination of Dr....
NEW YORK (JTA) — Just like “Goodnight Moon” or “The Cat In the Hat,” the story of Mickey Marcus is one I know by heart, one that has reverberated in my head since I was a little girl. Though he died long before I was born, “Uncle Mickey”...
It’s a right of Jewish passage to wonder who out there in the world is Jewish too, especially famous people like actors, singers, athletes, and even social media stars and YouTubers. It’s just something we do.
So, to better answer the question...
In most art exhibits, each piece has a plaque that identifies the title, artist, subject, and style. At the Jewish Museum’s newest exhibit, however, each plaque has two descriptions. The first is a standard explanation of the piece. The second explains...
