As a young grad student 30 years ago, Prof. Brian Horowitz was an active witness to history
Five-Hundred Years in the Life of the Amon Family
From the surrender of Spain to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent and beyond, they were there
Two-Gun Cohen: Artful Dodger Turned Chinese Legend and Hero of Israel
“He was like a character out of a book. He was like something somebody wrote.”
Salvation from 500 Drunken Killer Elephants: The Other Maccabee Story
A different kind of redemption from Greek tyranny
The Making of the Story “Shloyml Boyml and His Lucky Dreydl”
A klezmer-infused children’s book inspired by journeys to the Eastern Bloc and the Black Sea
Putting the J in Majorca
After hundreds of years underground, Jewish life on the Spanish island is reawakening
Four Fateful Weeks in the Life of Sigmund Becker
From medical school to the battlefield, he wound up in Siberia and China before America
Kosher Pork Chops and Crypto-Jewish Identity
In Genie Milgrom’s family, hidden Jewish identity was preserved for generations in the food they ate
In Memoriam: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and “The Home of the Book”
In his own words, what does a new library for the Jewish world in Jerusalem mean?
Bloodsucking Pelicans, a Dutch Jewish Symbol?
Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jewish community adopted a seemingly strange image from Medieval Christian art
