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The St. Petersburg police chief, a Russian diplomat, and a comedian all sit down together at the Seder... It...
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For generations, the Jews of Ethiopia renewed God’s covenant with an annual pilgrimage to a sacred mountain. What remains...
Eighteenth-century birth registries list a surprisingly large number of “unwed” Jewish mothers, but immorality wasn’t the issue // Hadassah...
Banished from Egypt time and again for promoting nationalism and exposing government corruption, James Sanua harnessed humor and drama...
Eighteenth-century birth registries list a surprisingly large number of “unwed” Jewish mothers, but immorality wasn’t the issue
Hungarian Jew or Jewish Hungarian? When electing a Jewish congress in the mid-1800s, Hungary’s Jews couldn’t decide
A letter sent by Lenin’s great-grandfather to the czar was intended to make as much trouble as possible for...
As a member of the Rothschild banking family, Charlotte (Chilly) Rothschild lacked neither opportunity nor resources to develop her...
Aside from transforming Europe militarily and politically, Napoleon redefined the Jews’ place in his secular empire. To that end,...
March 17, 1808 – Adar 18 5568 Paris The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was generally known for his...
Who were the couple in Rembrandt’s tender painting, and were they really Jewish?
26 Shvat 5516 – January 28 1756 Jacob Frank and his followers were arrested by the Polish police after...
