Here is why we're telling you this story. One of the men who helped tame the Wild West was Jewish, and his story ends right here in St. Louis.
Sol Star was a German-born entrepreneur, businessman, hotel owner, and mayor of the town of Deadwood, South...
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,...
This article originally appeared at jewishunpacked.com. Reposted with permission.
In 1970, Israel and the Soviet Union were at war, although neither side openly admitted it. The thinking was to keep the news from reaching the public, since it could...
Yaakov Lappin, The Jewish News Syndicate
• Published August 1, 2021
(JNS) Israeli paratroopers have described being deeply moved last week by their experience in a commemorative expedition in Slovenia, held to honor the memory of Hannah Senesh (Szenes) and other Jewish paratroopers who parachuted into the same area of...
In honor of Tokyo hosting the Olympic Games, we thought it would be a good time to remind everyone of one of the greatest Japanese mensches in history.
After decades of relative obscurity, the tale of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara has become...
Amit Naor, National Library of Israel
• Published July 21, 2021
Stories about dragons usually lead us to dark caves in Europe, but one classic dragon-tale may have its ancient roots right here, in the Land of Israel
Ethiopia was in the midst of a brutal civil war in 1991 when Israel decided to launch an intrepid mission that would bring 14,325 Ethiopian Jews to Israel over the course of 36 hours. The covert operation used 35 aircraft to do so, with the Israeli Air...
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, but...
This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission.
Was the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s nothing but political hysteria? For all its deleterious effects on free speech rights, reputations, and careers, it seems not.
Cold...
