Born Moshe Dovid Osinsky, he was a giant of industry, welfare and charity knighted by the king
Pearl and the Golem-Maker: A Love Story
How the decades-long romance between the Maharal of Prague and his wife began
The National Day of Mourning… and Fundraising?
In the early 20th century, Zionists rallied around Tisha B’Av
The Nazis Failed to Destroy the Artist David Friedmann
Now his daughter is searching for his Nazi-looted and lost artwork
‘You never knew when there was going to be a pogrom’
Why my grandfather left Europe
New Digital Platform Celebrates Else Lasker-Schüler
Lasker-Schüler, one of Germany’s greatest poets, fled to Jerusalem in the 1930s. “Poetic Textures: Else Lasker-Schüler Archives. An Online Platform” offers digital access to a large portion of her literary and artistic legacy.
Graffiti in Budapest: The Mystery of Renée Nadler
A young girl, her soccer star brother, tragedy and the unknown
The Jews Who Treated the Hindenburg Survivors
The little-known story of two immigrant professionals who acted quickly after the Nazi airship disaster
New Effort Launched to Identify and Catalogue Every Hebrew Book in Italy for First Time Ever
Some 35,000 volumes from dozens of communities and institutions across the country will be included
Marcel Marceau: The Legendary Mime Who Saved Jewish Children and Fought Nazis
“Marceau started miming to keep children quiet as they were escaping”
