Holy Cross, Poland

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Menachem Daum was not your typical Orthodox Jewish filmmaker

Rukhl Schaechter in Forward · 27 Jan

Menachem Daum (1946-2024) was a distinctive voice in Orthodox Jewish filmmaking, known for bridging divides between various cultural and religious groups.

0 Art History

The Jewish Women Who Pioneered Photography as Art

Jessica Kasmer-Jacobs in Hadassah · 8 Jan

The exhibition "2020: A Lens of Her Own" at the ANU-Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv highlights the significant contributions of Jewish women photographers from the early to mid-20th century, restoring their status as pioneers in the art of photography.

0 History Jewish Law

Not Yoshe Kalb: Meet Yentele Rosenfeld, Modern Rabbinic History’s Most Famous Agunah

dasi@mishpacha.com in Mishpacha · 17 Dec 2025

The article details the powerful saga of Yentele Rosenfeld, a woman trapped in an agunah situation after her husband, the son of the Shedlovtze Rebbe, vanishes only to reappear 16 years later under a new identity.

0 Antisemitism History

The blood libel never went away. Last week in Washington, D.C., it went viral.

Pamela S. Nadell in JTA · 3 Dec 2025

The ancient and pernicious myth of the blood libel has resurfaced in a viral guerrilla art display at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station.

0 Holocaust Politics

What the US ambassador to Poland left out when he absolved Poland of Holocaust complicity

Menachem Z. Rosensaft in JTA · 21 Nov 2025

In a critical response to U.S. Ambassador Thomas Rose's recent speech, Menachem Z. Rosensaft argues that absolving Poland of any Holocaust complicity overlooks the complex historical realities.

0 Culture History

The remarkable story of the Lost Shtetl Museum

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett in Forward · 3 Sep 2025

The Lost Shtetl Museum, inaugurated in 2025 in eduva, Lithuania, stands as a poignant tribute to the once-thriving Jewish community of this former shtetl, which was entirely wiped out during the Holocaust.

0 Holocaust Communities

Born In a Concentration Camp

Jewdicious · 5 May 2025

Eva Clarke is a remarkable survivor who was born in Mauthausen concentration camp just a week before its liberation by the United States Army, making her one of the few babies to survive such dire conditions.

0 Culture Holidays

What pre-pesach cleaning was like in the shtetl

Mayer Kirshenblatt in Forward · 7 Apr 2025

Mayer Kirshenblatt's illustrated memoir provides a vivid depiction of pre-Pesach (Passover) cleaning in the 1920s shtetl of Opatow.

0 History Holocaust

Germany was sorry after WWII, but not about Nazism.

Kyle Orton in Future of Jewish · 14 Dec 2024

Kyle Orton's essay explores post-World War II Germany's relationship with Nazism, highlighting how Germans perceived themselves as victims rather than perpetrators.

0 Culture Communities

Yiddishland California seeks donations to keep it in seaside La Jolla

Jennifer A. Stern in Forward · 21 Dec 2023

Yiddishland California, a cultural center promoting Yiddish language and culture, faces a precarious future if it cannot raise $120,000 by December's end to cover increased rent and security costs in its La Jolla location.

0 Culture Holidays

Paper cuttings for Shavuos — a Jewish folk tradition

Rukhl Schaechter in Forward · 31 May 2022

Paper cuttings, known as shvueslekh, are a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish decoration for the festival of Shavuos.

0 Holocaust History

Chris Lerman, 90: She Helped America Remember the Holocaust

Forward · 26 May 2016

Rosalie Chris Lerman, who passed away at 90, was instrumental in Holocaust remembrance efforts alongside her husband, Miles Lerman, a Holocaust survivor and anti-Nazi partisan.

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