This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission.
In the pantheon of name-brand Founding Fathers, Haym Salomon stands well back of the pack. His picture is not on our currency, his statue is not in the Capitol Rotunda, and...
Sharon Cohen, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL
• Published June 28, 2021
The six pointed star represents peace and harmony in Buddhism, while alchemists believed it symbolized nature—how did the Star of David acquire its significance in Judaism?
BENJAMIN IVRY, THE FORWARD
• Published May 27, 2021
How readers may choose to commemorate the birthday of Henry Kissinger, who turns 98 on May 27, may well on their previous readings about the former Secretary of State and National Security adviser.
Those who appreciated Niall Ferguson’s hagiographical...
BURTON BOXERMAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 30, 2021
In 1902, meat packers increased the price of kosher meat, and religious immigrant Jewish women on the Lower East Side of New York City were having none of it.
Thousands took to the streets in sometimes bloody protest, and their efforts...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published February 26, 2021
In 2002, David Koffman was a graduate student at New York University and planning to pursue a doctorate on two famous Jewish American anthropologists when the leader of an indigenous people in Canada made hateful comments about Jews that prompted Koffman...
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will host a Facebook Live event with author Rebecca Erbelding, who will discuss her book, "Rescue Board: The United States War Refugee Board and the Holocaust." The...
By Joanna O’Leary, The Nosher via JTA
• Published February 27, 2020
Jewish entrepreneurs started some of the biggest names in frozen treat industry
Chunky Monkey. Rum Tres Leches. Banana Nut Fudge.
Who gave the world the gift of these delectable ice cream flavor inventions?
While Italian immigrants are...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
• Published April 11, 2018
In one of the most shameful episodes of Jewish history, the astoundingly brilliant Baruch de Spinoza was railroaded into a harsh cherem, or excommunication, from the Jewish religion in the very Talmud Torah Congregation in Amsterdam he was once considered...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 1, 2017
Suppose archeologists in Israel come across a scroll that contains a detailed interview with King David written by his official scribe. Such a discovery would of course dwarf the Dead Sea Scrolls as the most sensational Jewish find of the century, indeed...
BY SOPHIE BARON, JUNIOR, PARKWAY CENTRAL
• Published September 15, 2016
Traveling as a teenager is an experience that can have a lifelong impact. Whether it is with family, friends, school, youth group or even solo, discovering and learning enriches and engages the Jewish experience as a young adult. “Traveling is so important...
Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel’s Education Committee is presenting a lecture by Professor Hillel J. Kieval on the roots of Conservative Judaism on May 11. Kieval is Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought in Washington University’s...
