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...
(My Jewish Learning) - Tisha B’av, the ninth day of the month of Av (which month coincides with July and/or August), is the major day of communal mourning in the Jewish calendar. Although a large number of disasters are said to have befallen the Jews...
This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission.
Sunday night, after Jews around the world mourn the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem on Tisha B’av, CNN will premiere a series that — in so many words — traces...
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,...
Hadar Ben-Yehuda, National Library of Israel
• Published July 13, 2021
68 Second Avenue
At 68 Second Avenue, there is a restaurant in the basement floor underneath the drug store, known as Richman’s restaurant. This place is open a short while and for the past two weeks we have observed that as late as 2, 3, 4 and 4:30...
Back in 2014, President Obama awarded 24 Jewish, Hispanic, and African American veterans Medals of Honor they’d earned but never received.
Many on the list are already deceased—including a Jewish guy from Brooklyn named Lenny Kravitz, uncle of...
