Posts Tagged: Jewish History
Reinterpreting Bible Scenes Illuminates New Meanings
It is one of the most famous scenes in the Bible. Abraham is sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat...
Long-Delayed Museum on Polish Jewry Set to Open
After nearly 20 years of planning and delays, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews is set to open in 2013 in Poland, the Associated...
Negev Top Travel Destination According to Lonely Planet
For all those with wanderlust, the Negev desert is now considered one of the world's top travel destinations, according to Lonely Planet, the largest travel...
Jewish Escape Artist Houdini Lives on Each Halloween
If anyone can escape from the afterlife, it is Harry Houdini. Born Erik Weisz to Austro-Hungarian Jews, Houdini was arguably the greatest escape artist ever. Magic enthusiasts...
Bergen-Belsen Survivor Meets Grandson of Liberator
An emotional meeting took place in Poland last week when 88-year-old Mordechai Chekhnover, a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, met attorney Yoel Hadar, the...
A World Series Warning – About Hitler
The 1941 World Series is widely remembered as the first "Subway Series," when two New York City teams vied for baseball's championship. It was also...
Rothschilds Rank Second in ‘Richest People of Last 1,000 Years’ List
There's rich, super rich, and then ridiculously-unfathomably rich. This last category could best describe the members of a recently published list of the richest people...
Jewish Former Senator Arlen Specter Dies at 82
Arlen Specter, the five-term Republican-turned-Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, died in his home on Sunday at the age of 82. Specter, who was Jewish, died from...
Palestinian Artist Acknowledges Jewish Historical Period in Jerusalem on PA TV
"Some settlers are 'interested in making peace' with the Palestinians," a rare headline stated in the official Palestinian Authority daily last week. A reprint from Agence...
Israeli President Seeks History Lesson for Ahmadinejad After UN Speech
Following the speeches Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave at the United Nations earlier this week, in which he said the state of Israel has no...
Victimhood as Foreign Policy
Would Israel's ambassador to the U.N. have called on the world body "to tell the 850,000 untold stories of Jewish refugees from Arab countries..." had the...
When is a House a Home in Hebron?
Seven years ago New York businessman Morris Abraham, through an intermediary and after prolonged negotiations, purchased a four-story building from its owner for nearly one...
Thoughts from the Chief Rabbi for Rosh Hashanah 5773
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a kind of clarion call, a summons to the Ten Days of Penitence which culminate in the Day...
Is the Temple Mount Truly “in Our Hands?”
This past Sunday, I was asked to take part in an organized tour of the Temple Mount, the holiest site in all of Judaism. I...
