Did an Orthodox girls’ movement and its legendary founder revive an ancient and obscure holiday in the forests of Poland?
These Rediscovered Melodies Survived the Holocaust. Now They’re Online
Tunes from his childhood accompanied Yitzchak Freilich through the camps and on to his new life in America. Recorded by his son, they are now online as part of the National Library of Israel collection
The Ghost Shtetl of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Youth
30 years after his death, the Nobel laureate’s village is being rebuilt, including a massive replica of a synagogue that was never 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.”
