Irving Berlin: The Famous Jewish Musician Who Left a Stunning Legacy
Read about the early life of a young immigrant to the United States before he went on to compose songs that shaped the American music scene for decades.
Read about the early life of a young immigrant to the United States before he went on to compose songs that shaped the American music scene for decades.
Formed on April 9, 1917 to unite American Jewry in the military during World War I, the Jewish Welfare Board is celebrating its centennial anniversary.
January 27, 2005 marked the 60th anniversary of the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz. On that same day, the U.N. declared International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
An exhibit at the New-York Historical Society spans two-and-a-half centuries of the Jewish experience in the New World.
Members of the alt-right, a politically conservative movement where white nationalists and anti-Semites have found a virtual home, developed a symbol to target Jews online.
A conversation with Rabbi David Ellenson, past president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, about the founder of the Reform Movement, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, on the anniversary of his birthday, March 29, 1819.
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When it comes to the issue of Syrian refugees, we deserve better from our politicians.
Joel Hoffman, PhD, is the author of several books, including And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning, and, most recently, The Bible’s Cutting Room Floor: The Holy Scriptures Missing from the Bible (Thomas Dunne Books).
Shavuot is an ideal time to contemplate the brit (covenant) that God made with the Israelites, and its impact on the Jewish experience to this day.
Standing at Mount Sinai, our ancestors answered as one: “All that God has spoken we shall do” (Exodus 19:8),
May 26th will mark the Jewish festival of Lag BaOmer which – like, Shavuot and Hanukkah – is not mentioned in the Torah.