In a rare and exciting discovery, silent movie footage from 1923 capturing a brief 12-seconds of the renowned Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, better known as the Chofetz Chaim, has surfaced after nearly a century.

Boris Nemtsov, a prominent Russian opposition leader, was assassinated near the Kremlin in Moscow in 2015.

This text describes the personal journey of an American Jew who wandered through Europe before settling in Copenhagen.

The legal battle over Oskar Schindler's suitcase, containing valuable documents including his famous lists of Jewish workers saved during the Holocaust, has sparked a contentious dispute between Prof. Erika Rosenberg and Yad Vashem.

Natalie Zemon Davis, a historian, recounts how her marriage to mathematician Chandler Davis, who was arrested for distributing Communist literature, affected her career.

In preparation for Martin Luther King Day, here are six recommended children's books that explore the life and impact of Martin Luther King Jr. across various age groups.

Dr. Michael Satlow, a religious studies professor at Brown University, explains the historical processes that led to the Bible becoming regarded as a holy and sacred text.

The article discusses the role of rabbis during the Selma civil rights movement, focusing on Abraham Joshua Heschel's support for the cause alongside other lesser-known figures such as John Doar, Bayard Rustin, and Amelia Boynton.

Ziad Abu Ein, a Palestinian activist known for organizing the Olive Branch March during the First Intifada, demonstrated his commitment to nonviolent protest and peace efforts.

Jonatan Meir's publication of a three-volume set delves into Joseph Perl, an 18th-century maskil from Galicia who actively promoted the Haskalah ideology while vehemently opposing Hasidism, viewing it as a corrupt and defiling movement.

Jacob Glatstein, the renowned Yiddish poet, wrote autobiographical novels titled Ven Yash iz geforn and Ven yash iz gekumen in response to his trip to Poland in 1934.

In the Fateless: The Beilis Trial a Century Later, the text discusses Mendel Beilis's notorious trial in 1913, accused of a blood libel murder in Tsarist Russia.

Shlomo Sand, a well-known anti-Israel Israeli intellectual and history professor, challenges traditional Jewish narratives in his book "How I Stopped Being a Jew."

POLIN, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, was conceived as a tribute to Jewish life in Poland rather than another Holocaust memorial.

Despite the vast knowledge found in the Babylonian Talmud about classical Jewish life, law, and culture from the 3rd to the 6th century C.E., there has been little surviving historical context beyond the text itself.

In 2014, Hollywood saw a resurgence of biblical movies with Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" and Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods and Kings."

The emergence of the potato latke, a staple of Chanukah celebrations today, is a relatively recent development dating back to the nineteenth century in Eastern Europe.

The Red Apple Rest was a beloved roadside restaurant in Southfields, N.Y., where travelers stopped on their way to the Catskills, serving over a million customers a year at its peak in the 1950s.

Professor Marian Turski discusses postwar Jewish life in Poland and why he and a few other Polish Jews stayed in the country despite efforts to displace them.

Dr. Moshe Lavee discusses the Cairo Geniza, a collection of Jewish texts found in Egypt detailing ten centuries of Jewish life, revealing a history often overlooked.

Jewish emigrants who returned to Germany after being expelled found themselves as irreplaceable teachers, contributing to German philosophy and influencing the younger generation after World War II.

Richard Eisenberg, a Jewish veteran haunted by memories of the Vietnam War, found solace in honoring a military chaplain, Rabbi Meir Engel, with Kaddish every December for over 50 years.

Israeli historian Otto Dov Kulka's book "Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death," based on his experience as a child in Auschwitz, is praised for its poetic and reflective tone.

The article discusses a new collection of letters by Alan Jay Lerner, the lyricist behind famous musicals like My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Gigi, revealing his Jewish identity through private writings.

A Swiss company, Migros, has issued an apology and recalled around 2,000 creamer packets featuring images of Hitler and Mussolini found in coffee shops in Switzerland after a commuter discovered the controversial containers at a train station.