Jewish History
MGM to Remake Ben-Hur With More Focus on Jesus
MGM is planning a new remake of its 1959 epic Ben-Hur, Deadline has reported. MGM no longer owns the film, which stars Charlton Heston...
A Tale of Mutual Empathy: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
In Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, an exhibition aptly opening on Martin Luther King Day will highlight a historical moment of mutual respect and cooperation between the African American and Jewish communities. Although their relationship...
Discovery of Ancient Pitcher Indicates that Biblical Shiloh Was Burned
Recent archaeological findings in Samaria, Israel shed light on the incomplete story of the destruction of Shiloh, the ancient capital of Israel. An uncovered broken clay pitcher lying in a layer of reddish ashes was discovered...
Time and Space: Decade After Fatal Mission, Film Covers Israeli Astronaut’s Legacy
Dan Cohen describes Ilan Ramon, the first and only Israeli astronaut, as "a man used to rising to the occasion." On Jan. 31 at 9 p.m., Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope—a documentary directed by Cohen—will...
‘Beethoven Was a Zionist’: A Memoir From Israel on the Eve of its Creation
"Today I saw The Land for the first time, and it was beautiful." With those simple...
Expert: New Ancient Hebrew Manuscripts Could Have Major Impact on Taliban
The recent unveiling of 1,000-year-old manuscripts, found in caves in Afghanistan but written in...
Israeli Library’s Manuscripts Provide First Physical Proof of Ancient Afghani Jewry
The National Library of Israel of Jan. 3 introduced the "Afghan Genizah," a group of...
PA Leader Rajoub: “The Greatest Palestinian in History Since Jesus is Yasser Arafat” (VIDEO)
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports that the Palestinian leadership's falsification of history, by presenting Jesus...
Walking on Heroes’ Ground in Poland
WARSAW—"Zegota," the official unit of the Polish Underground Army tasked with helping Jews in German-occupied...
MGM to Remake Ben-Hur With More Focus on Jesus
MGM is planning a new remake of its 1959 epic Ben-Hur, Deadline has reported. MGM no longer owns the film, which stars Charlton Heston as...
A Tale of Mutual Empathy: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
In Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, an exhibition aptly opening on Martin Luther King Day will highlight a historical moment of mutual respect and...
Discovery of Ancient Pitcher Indicates that Biblical Shiloh Was Burned
Recent archaeological findings in Samaria, Israel shed light on the incomplete story of the destruction of Shiloh, the ancient capital of Israel. An uncovered broken clay...
Time and Space: Decade After Fatal Mission, Film Covers Israeli Astronaut’s Legacy
Dan Cohen describes Ilan Ramon, the first and only Israeli astronaut, as "a man used to rising to the occasion." On Jan. 31 at 9 p.m.,...
‘Beethoven Was a Zionist’: A Memoir From Israel on the Eve of its Creation
"Today I saw The Land for the first time, and it was beautiful." With those simple but moving words, veteran American Zionist activist Harold Manson began...
Expert: New Ancient Hebrew Manuscripts Could Have Major Impact on Taliban
The recent unveiling of 1,000-year-old manuscripts, found in caves in Afghanistan but written in Hebrew and penned by the Jewish community inhabiting the area a millennium ago, is...
Israeli Library’s Manuscripts Provide First Physical Proof of Ancient Afghani Jewry
The National Library of Israel of Jan. 3 introduced the "Afghan Genizah," a group of ancient manuscripts which were rescued from Taliban caves, the Associated Press...
PA Leader Rajoub: “The Greatest Palestinian in History Since Jesus is Yasser Arafat” (VIDEO)
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports that the Palestinian leadership's falsification of history, by presenting Jesus as an ancient Palestinian, has increased in regularity this holiday...
Walking on Heroes’ Ground in Poland
WARSAW—"Zegota," the official unit of the Polish Underground Army tasked with helping Jews in German-occupied Poland from 1942-1945, was commemorated on the occasion of its...
Babe Ruth and the Holocaust
Babe Ruth is remembered for his home runs on the field and his hot dog binges and other peccadilloes off the field. But as the American public...
The 2012 Jewish Year in Review
We're in the middle of 5773, but turning the corner on 2012 and saying goodbye to a year of making history. January brought us the 10th...
The Yiddish Language’s Literal and Figurative Rescuer
AMHERST, MA—Aaron Lansky's decades-long mission is typified by an "emergency" call he once received on a wintry night, summoning him to New York to rescue thousands...
Rare Silver Spice Tower Sells for Record $337,900 (PHOTOS)
Kestenbaum & Company's auction of rare Judaica broke a record December 6th. "An extraordinarily rare and important 18th century, Polish parcel-gilt silver filigree spice container"...
Defiance, Then Destruction: Chanukah in the Warsaw Ghetto
"Never before in Jewish Warsaw were there as many Hanukkah celebrations as in this year of the wall." That entry from the diary of Hebrew educator Chaim Kaplan...
