The Dreyfus Affair that divided France and risked the Republic is not just the story of the sham trials, it is the story of the first viral hate campaign of images in mass media brining to the surface the most ancient of hatreds in a brand new way.
Resolving Biblical Contradictions – in Translation
The first Hebrew translation of the famous work El Conciliador also served as the translator’s own personal diary
“If Judaism is a tragedy, let us live it” – Stefan Zweig’s Letters Revealed
26 letters and 6 postcards, previously unknown, all by Stefan Zweig, one of the greatest writers of the first half of the twentieth century, have been given to the National Library of Israel.
When the Nazis Desecrated the Jewish Cemetery of Salonika
Human bones and broken tombstones were used as building materials, desecrating 500 years of Jewish history and half a million gravestones.
I Bet You Didn’t Know Captain America was a Golem!
The very public Jewish roots of Captain America, the first superhero to punch Hitler in the face!
Harry Houdini: The Skeptical Son of a Rabbi
The famed escape artist, illusionist, and séance buster, was also intensely proud of his Judaism.
The Jewish Woman Who Gave Life to Lady Liberty
In 1883 Lazarus wrote the poem that greets new immigrants to America till this very day.
Elementary, My Dear Golem
What does the great Jewish mystic known as “The Maharal” have to do with Sherlock Holmes? This is the story of a manuscript “discovered” at the dawn of the twentieth century, which began a new genre in Hebrew literature.
The Book That Survived Kristallnacht and Made It to the Land of Israel
A battered copy of “In the Heart of the Seas,” rescued from anti-Semitic riots in Germany, was returned to its author, S.Y. Agnon, with a letter telling the incredible story of its survival
