Long before the extermination camps reached their full horror, the Nazis had already begun erasing Jews from the world of sport.
A rare hoard of 22 bronze coins dating to the 4th century CE has been uncovered deep underground in a hiding complex beneath the ancient settlement of Huqqoq in the Lower Galilee, the Israel ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Allison Josephs speaks onstage during the 2nd Jewish Media Awards on Nov. 12, 2024 in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty ...
When people think of Jews and the American Revolution, they tend to think of figures like Hayim Solomon, who helped fund the American cause and financially saved the Continental Congress. Others may ...
Dr. Ho Feng-Shan – rescuer of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust – passed away 21 years ago this week (September 28). Ho was born into a poor family on September 10, 1901 in Yiyang, a province of ...
Jewish refugees from Arab lands, the Sephardi-Mizrahi, comprise nearly 10% of the half-million-plus Jews living in South Florida. And yet, for the most part, their story is off the radar. So much has ...
On a winter morning in 1825, Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia opened its doors for a consecration few in the city would forget. The sanctuary filled not only with Jews but with the city’s ...
Retiree and former Jewish genealogist Carol Clingan was determined to help save a long-lost and abandoned mural in a former synagogue in North Adams, Massachusetts. It took her years, a lot of hard ...
(JTA) — GALVESTON, Texas – More than a century ago, this busy Gulf Coast port and longtime vacation destination 50 miles southeast of Houston welcomed so many European immigrants – including some ...
A teenager in miniskirts when the Iranian Revolution broke out in 1979, Jacqueline Saper remembers the chaos and the overwhelming surge of anti-Semitism. “Jews felt threatened. Anyone who could were ...