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The debate surrounding Italian cyclist Gino Bartali's role in saving Jews during the Holocaust continues. While some sources and exhibitions celebrate his al...

The article discusses the history and variations of borscht, a traditional Jewish dish made from beets that dates back to Babylonian times. There are various...

Steven Fine, a Jewish history professor at Yeshiva University and author of "The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel," delves into the extensive history...

This episode of Unorthodox features historian Jenna Weissman Joselit discussing her book on the Ten Commandments and their evolving role in American culture,...

"Hell's Traces" by Victor Ripp delves into Holocaust memorials as clues to his family's fate during WWII, navigating the challenge of confronting indescribab...

Dr. Sonja Wentling, a history professor at Concordia College, co-authored a book titled "Herbert Hoover and the Jews: The Origins of the Jewish Vote and Bipa...

"Clara Lemlich's Legacy Continues To Be an Inspiration for Change" highlights the release of Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger's children's book, "She Per...

In "Great Jews in Robes," David Dalin explores the rise of Jews to prominent positions in American law, particularly focusing on Jewish Supreme Court Justice...

Scholarly works by Yair Furstenberg, Mira Balberg, and Stuart S. Miller delve into the intricate topic of purity in ancient Jewish communities. Ritual purity...

The text delves into the importance of texts both inside and outside the Bible in understanding Jewish tradition. Scholars have uncovered a wealth of ancient...

In "A New History and Old Facts," the author discusses the events leading up to the Six-Day War in 1967 and challenges the traditional narrative through an a...

In "Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967–1989," the author Jeffrey Herf explores how both East Germany and the West Ge...

S. Y. Agnon is revered as one of the greatest Hebrew writers of all time, often compared to literary giants like Dante and Kafka. While praised for his lingu...

Ernst Kantorowicz, a prominent medieval historian, is brought to life in Robert E. Lerner's biography, detailing his fascinating life. Kantorowicz's wealthy ...

"The Wandering Jew Has Arrived" by Albert Londres is a reissued work shedding light on the French investigative journalist's 1929-1930 travels to Jewish comm...

Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran in 1979 marked a turning point in the country's history, as he led the revolution that overthrew the Shah's monarchy. Key...

"Rav and Rebbe" by Chaim Dalfin provides historical tidbits about the friendship between Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (the Rav) and Rabbi Menachem Schneerson...

In his new book marking 50 years since Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, Gershon Shafir delves into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, portraying...

The text delves into the descent of American society into a Middle Eastern-style conspiracy-theory mindset, heavily influenced by the narrative around Russia...

Yossi Alpher discusses the flaws in the Oslo peace process, particularly the mixing of pre-1967 narrative issues and post-1967 territorial issues, which have...

To Be or Not to Be is a 1942 classic film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, exploring Nazi-occupied Poland with a mix of black comedy and wartime drama. The movie ...

Rabbi Prof. Yisrael Friedman Ben-Shalom, a Hasidic rebbe, historian, and socialist from the Peshkan Hasidic dynasty, passed away in 2017. He fused Hasidic le...

Yale University law professor James Q. Whitman explores the surprising admiration the Nazis had for American legal precedents in his book "Hitler's American ...

Aron Rodrigue, a Jewish history professor at Stanford University, spoke at a conference at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute focusing on the Jewish history of...

This episode of Unorthodox discusses Donald Trump's visit to Israel, marking a significant moment for U.S.-Israel relations. The hosts also delve into discus...

James Bond, the iconic British secret agent created by Ian Fleming, has a surprising Jewish connection throughout its history. Despite Fleming's occasional u...

Dr. Amir Engel, a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examines the intriguing legacy of Gershom Scholem, a prominent scholar of Jewish mysticism ...

Westminster Abbey has opened its doors for Prince Harry to marry his girlfriend, actress Meghan Markle, despite her being a divorcee, as the Church of Englan...

Naomi Shemer's iconic song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)" released in 1967 coincided with the momentous recapture of Jerusalem's Old City by J...

In response to a documentary report on Rabbi Soloveitchik's arrival in America, Tovah Lichtenstein critiques the focus on trivial details like her sister's n...

During the late Second Temple period, Jews produced a vast body of diverse literature, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo of Alexandria's treatises, and w...

In episode 88 of Unorthodox, the hosts interview Jewish food columnist Joan Nathan about her cookbook "King Solomon's Table," which explores Jewish cooking w...

In this episode of The Promised Podcast, Allison, Noah, and Don explore the themes of sorrow, loss, and politics in Israeli discourse regarding bereaved fami...

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, a prominent figure in Jewish thought, arrived in the United States in 1932 with his family, after leaving Berlin amidst restric...

In this episode of The Promised Podcast, Allison, Don, and Noah discuss the controversial issues surrounding Marwan Barghouti, a convicted terrorist and poss...

The Forward Archives, founded in 1897, contain a wide range of historical material in Yiddish and English. The Forward, a Jewish media organization, has had ...

The Vatican Library houses a collection of richly annotated Bible manuscripts, shedding light on the way people in the Middle Ages engaged with the text. The...

The article discusses the forgotten tragedy of the pogroms in the Russian Empire between 1917 and 1922, considered by some as a genocide, which resulted in t...

WWE entertainer Paul Heyman, who is Jewish and has a personal connection to the Holocaust through his mother, recited a few lines of the Kaddish prayer to sy...

In "The Sephardic Mystique," the focus is on the 19th-century German Jewish obsession with Sephardic culture, contrasting it to traditional Ashkenazic Jewish...

The Letters section of the Spring 2017 issue explores various aspects of Jewish culture and history. Raymond S. Hack reflects on his cousin Nathan Green's co...

Professor Louis Feldman, remembered fondly for his unique teaching style and expertise as a Harvard-trained classicist, made significant contributions to the...

Itamar Rabinovich's biography, "Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman," provides a detailed account of Yitzhak Rabin's life and his impact on Israel's hi...

"Gur Alroey's book 'An Unpromising Land' focuses on the typical Jewish immigrants to Palestine in the early 20th century, highlighting that most were seeking...

Jonathan Levi's novel "Septimania" tells the story of Malory, a British organ-tuner who discovers he is a descendant of the Jewish exilarch of Baghdad, Charl...

The article discusses the intersection of Judaism, Esperanto, and the life of Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof, a Jewish ophthalmologist who invented Esperanto as a unive...

Saul Friedländer's memoirs, "When Memory Comes" and "Where Memory Leads," delve into his experience as a Holocaust survivor and his struggles with memory, id...

Hillel Halkin's book delves into the topic of love, death, and immortality, touching on ancient Israelite burial practices, the concept of Sheol as an afterl...

Isaac Deutscher, a former Gerer Hasid who became a prominent Marxist journalist and historian, underwent a transformative journey from his Jewish roots to a ...

In "The Story of Hebrew," Lewis Glinert presents Hebrew as a language with a rich and complex history, detailing its survival and evolution over centuries. G...