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DC food
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Stunning discovery in biblical city 'home to Ark of the Covenant'

A gold ring found at the City of David offers insights into Jerusalem's history and suggests cultural exchanges during the Second Temple period.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

How Rembrandt Saw Esther

The exhibition 'Esther in the Age of Rembrandt' connects historical themes of Jewish identity and persecution to modern contexts.
fromThe Washington Post
3 weeks ago

With only six Jews left in Syria, emigres now have a chance to return

Henry Hamra recalls being told by Syria's president Hafez al-Assad that Jews could travel anywhere except Israel, leading to the departure of many, including his family.
Renovation
fromBrooklyn Paper
4 weeks ago

Sheepshead Bay Holocaust memorial marks 80 years since liberation * Brooklyn Paper

Rabbi Baruch Binyamin Melman reminded the crowd, "In the camps, we were acted upon. Today, with Israel and its defenders, we act. Am Yisroel Chai."
Brooklyn
philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

Jews were barred from Spain's New World colonies but that didn't stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas

Columbus's alleged Jewish heritage distracts from the significant history of Spanish Jews in the Americas.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

America's Anti-Jewish Assassins Are Making the Case for Zionism

Zionism was not the triumphant battle cry of a victorious ethnic group, but rather a weird, crazy, desperate stab at survival made by those who foresaw their impending doom.
Right-wing politics
fromThe Jewish Chronicle
1 month ago

Month-long celebration of Sephardi culture debuts in NYC - The Jewish Chronicle

Sephardi identity is not limited by geography or ethnicity - for us it's always been a philosophy, so we are very open to different expressions of that.
Independent films
fromTravel + Leisure
1 month ago

How a Once-thriving Jewish Community Helped Shape Kolkata, India

The Baghdadi Jewish diaspora significantly influenced Kolkata's cultural identity, thriving in a welcoming environment.
#world-war-ii
France news
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, dies at 105

Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in WWII, risked her life gathering intelligence for the Allies, earning her France's highest military honors later in life.
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Germany news
fromThe Washington Post
3 months ago

Walter Frankenstein, who hid in Berlin during Holocaust, dies at 100

Walter Frankenstein's unique survival story highlights a lesser-known aspect of the Holocaust, emphasizing the experiences of Jews outside traditional narratives.
Germany news
fromABC7 Los Angeles
5 months ago

Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, has died at age 113

Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, died at age 113 after enduring immense suffering during WW II.
NYC parents
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

Eve Kugler, child survivor of the Holocaust, dies at 94

Eve Kugler's survival as a Jewish child during the Holocaust highlights the complexities of fleeing danger and the lasting impact of such a decision.
Germany news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Rena Quint, the girl who survived the Nazi concentration camps alone: Wherever you went, you saw and smelled death'

Rena Quint represents the voice of Holocaust survivors, emphasizing the importance of sharing their experiences before they are lost.
Germany news
fromwww.harrowtimes.co.uk
3 months ago

'I found my mother's story of escape from the Nazis hidden in a shoebox'

Kitty Fehr's diaries reveal her family's experiences fleeing Nazi Germany, discovered by her daughter after 80 years hidden in an old suitcase.
Germany news
fromABC7 Los Angeles
5 months ago

Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, has died at age 113

Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, died at age 113 after enduring immense suffering during WW II.
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fromThe Conversation
3 months ago

Almost Zion: Remembering a short-lived Jewish state in New York

Mordecai Manuel Noah's vision of Ararat as a Jewish city-state was ultimately unfulfilled as no Jews chose to settle there.
fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

When Jews Sought the Promised Land in Texas

Cockerell's work sheds light on an ambitious historical initiative to redirect Jewish immigration to Galveston, Texas.
fromwww.hamhigh.co.uk
3 months ago

Rare book by friend of legendary poet comes home after 200 years

A rare 1807 edition of Hyman Hurwitz's "Elements of the Hebrew Language" was presented to the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution.
fromMedievalists.net
3 months ago

More Than Scholars and Victims: The Forgotten Lives of Medieval Jews - Medievalists.net

Scholars and victims, important as both are, risk viewing medieval Jews as a subordinate segment of Christian society—not a thriving community that comprised part of a larger medieval world.
History
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London music
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months ago

Tate Britain to return painting looted by Nazis

Tate Britain will return a 17th-century painting to the descendants of a Jewish Belgian art collector, looted by Nazis during World War II.
London music
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months ago

Tate Britain to return painting looted by Nazis

Tate Britain will return a 17th-century painting to the descendants of a Jewish Belgian art collector, looted by Nazis during World War II.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Henry Gibbs painting looted by Nazis to be returned to Jewish art dealer's family

The return of a 17th-century painting looted by the Nazis highlights efforts to restore artistic works to rightful owners and reunite families with lost treasures.
Germany news
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 months ago

As Children, They Fled the Nazis Alone. Newly Found Papers Tell Their Story.

When Hanna Zack Miley boarded a German train in July 1939, she did not know that the journey would permanently change her life.
Germany news
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

The battle of Cable Street is entwined in my family's history and its message of hope still resonates | Tracy-Ann Oberman

Local communities successfully united against Oswald Mosley's fascist attempts to incite hatred in 1936, a lesson relevant to today's rising tensions against minorities.
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