Jewish History

Dvar Haftorah:

“Do not fear, my servant Jacob"

Jewish existence is not sustained by circumstance, but by promise.

Keep the lights burning:

A hero of Jewish freedom tells his story

Eight Jews stood in a Soviet courtroom like upright candles and declared their loyalty to the Jewish people. It happened during the dark days of Communism when that could mean exile to Siberia or worse. A true story.

Faith, freedom, and the weight of history

The friendship between America and Israel isn’t built on convenience, but on shared belief in God, in freedom, and in moral clarity. Opinion.

Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer:

The illusory notion that NYC exile could defy Jewish history

The city that was so Jewish that anti-Semites would call it “Jew York” just gave its Democrat primary choice to an outright Jew hater, overt, in your face, Opinion.

Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer:

The March of Jewish History: Macron, Europeans, and Annexation

Even the worst tragedies serve as our springboards to become stronger. Just you wait, Mssr. Macron, just you wait...Opinion.

The role of the Arabs in modern Jewish history

The Arab’s role today is the same as the Canaanite's. Opinion.

God fought for us then, we fight for Him now

The story of the Exodus says that God fights his people's oppressors at the Red Sea. Now, it is our turn to fight for freedom.

Passover:

Long division and a short memory

There’s nothing new about Jewish disunity, which makes our story even more miraculous. Opinion.

A little bit of history may do some good

President Bush, when Governor of Texas, remarked to then Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as they flew over the narrow territory of Israel in a helicopter, “… why, in Texas we have driveways longer than that.”

Personal Growth series:

The Miracles of Jewish History: Our return and revival

Are we to be numbered with the weak majority or the stalwart minority?

We are the context

The news can be seen through the lens of Islamist hate, a rise in anti-semitism, ignorance, oil money, politics of various kind and the land. But the real context is somewhere else. Opinion.

Personal Growth series:

How the past inspires faith in the future

Jewish history has never been a straight line. We’ve seen soaring highs and devastating lows, and those low points can be especially difficult to endure. But from our nation’s first low point, Hashem taught us how to handle future ones.

Arvin Ghahremani execution reveals Iran's desperation

Arvin Ghahremani, through no choice of his own, now stands as a martyr of the Jewish People. Regardless of how he identified as a Jew, he died because he was a Jew. Iran took another step towards its destruction. Op-ed.

The anniversary of the other Simchat Torah Massacre

Many Jews were killed in a 14th century Simchat Torah massacre . Jewish history tends to repeat itself, but so does our resilience to the world's evil.

The Holocaust museum that never was

In the 1940s, Jewish scholars planned a museum about the world they were losing.

Dear World, pardon us for busting your myths about us, part III

A reality check for the world about Israel and the Jews..

Donation campaign:

A Jewish prisoner is surrounded by Antisemites

Yehuda Schoenfeld's family fears for his life.

Leftist Jewish magazine literally rewrites Israeli history

Raz Segal of Stockton U in New .Jersey, appeared on a Jewish Currents webinar and made insane allegations against Israell. Op-ed.

Looking back and ahead

We can put aside strife and fight a ruthless enemy, but we cannot put aside the Jewish history that finds us facing that enemy again. Op-ed.

See 4,000 years of Jewish history upon landing in Israel

ILAN's 50-meter long mural depicting the millennia of Jewish hisrtory to greet visitors to Israel at Ben Gurion Airport's Terminal 3.

An Ode to the survivors

The 3 families of the Levites and the 3 phases of Jewish History.

How can it be?

How did this tiny, persecuted dispersed people survive and come home after two thousand years? How did they survive at all? Op-ed.

The Jewish history behind Netflix’s ‘Transatlantic’

Dramatic rescue mission of Jewish refugees during World War II the focus of new Netflix series 'Transatlantic.'

The Daily Portion: Reliving our past as we build our future

Every Jew in every generation must see himself as if he was a member of every generation that preceded him.

The light of Hanukkah that has continued to shine for 74 years

A candle is a brief flare of light. A wick dipped in oil burns and goes out again. The Hanukkah light appears no different, but it is.Op-ed.

Haazinu: This entire, very complex story

All the events of Jewish history are outlined in this parsha. Ramban called Moshe an exceptional prophet, and 750 years later,it sill holds.

Vayelech: A short and powerful parasha

This parsha especially gains in power and relevance as Jewish history unfolds over thousands of years.

The urgent need for proper Jewish leadership

Core Jewish principles involve putting others’ interests before yours, respecting every human being, moral codes on right and wrong. Op-ed.

Bechukotai (Israel): The totality of Jewish life

As important as knowledge of history is – and I consider it to be very important – history alone can ever preserve us.

Has Israel reached the abyss?

The blood flowing in our streets will not stop unless an iron fist is used to quell this madness. Op-ed.

God will always forgive The Jewish People, but at a cost

We can start from the present and work our way backwards in history to see how this works.

These Spanish towns are searching for remnants of Jewish history

In Spain, small towns are unearthing ancient synagogues to resurrect Jewish history — and attract tourists.

Trekking the Sanhedrin Trail with Rabbi Judah the Prince

A book about a great Jewish leader who changed history comes to life on a Galilee trail that traces his life and that of the Sages. Review.

Museum of Jewish history and culture opens in Singapore

New museum celebrating the history and culture of Jews in Singapore featuring three permanent exhibits opens to coincide with Hanukkah.

The beginning of Jewish history

Abraham’s nation will be either like the stars shining in the darkness or else like the sand, down-trodden, and kicked aside by everyone.

You can’t restore destroyed archeological sites

When will the PA's outrageous and purposeful destruction of Jewish history finally be brought to an end? Op-ed.

This rabbi is tweeting his Jewish heritage road trip in Turkey

Israeli-born Chabad rabbi is taking an unorthodox Jewish heritage road trip through Turkey, and is documenting it all on Twitter.

The bride is beautiful: An irresistible anti-Zionist story

The abysmal state of scholarship, journalism, and filmmaking on Jewish and Israeli history is encapsulated in this fabricated story. Op-ed.

Quoting lies about Israel - the easy way to write an article

The Independent’s Joe Sommerlad gives “A brief history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict” by plagiarizing an Al Nakba documentary. Op-ed.

Blinken: "Two-states, the best way to ensure Israel's future."

Mr. Blinken, only when history precedes politics, can any progress follow - and your words contravene history. Op-ed.

Update on Hodaya Monsango, Frum girl In Peruvian prison

Hodaya’s face crossed almost every Jewish newspaper as her hair-raising story was brought to light.

Donald Trump is an honorary member of the tribe

Trump now suffers the travails of the wandering Jew- silenced, vilified, demonized, hated, humiliated as his enemies seek vengeance. Op-ed

Black History Month and the Jews

Let’s start a new tradition this Black History Month.  Let’s educate the public about the strong Black-Jewish relationship. Op-ed.

Jewish history is repetitive: The last words of Jacob and Joseph

The message: Chazak Chazak Venitchazek, to be strong and to strengthen ourselves and others for the tasks that always lie ahead.

How the Maccabees crushed one of the strongest armies in history

A riveting tour of the places where the Maccabean Revolt took place in what was perhaps the greatest military triumph in Jewish history.

Moroccan schools to teach Jewish history and culture

Head of academic programs at Moroccan education ministry says move aims to "highlight Morocco's diverse identity."

Enriching the landscape of Jewish memory

About a book which is a joy. Concise, vivid, well-written, antithetical to banality, it portrays events and people penetratingly Op-ed.

Hope - the gift of the Jews

The Jews gave the world so much: monotheism, ethics, a love of learning and more. But they also gave us the concept of hope. Op-ed.

Trump moves to end 3000 years wait by the Jewish People

Visitors to be allowed access to Jewish hospitals, synagogues

Dozens of synagogues usually closed for security reasons to open to public on 20th European Days of Jewish Culture.

'Archaeologists burst into tears'

'Globally significant' discovery sheds light on Jewish life in Lithuania before Holocaust.

Post-election musings: Whither America? Whither US Jews?

Budapest cultural center unlocks local Jewish history

Budapest Jewish cultural center offers glimpse into Jewish life pre-Holocaust, has plans to include library, museum, and conference center.

Remembering the Jewish community of Baghdad

New film celebrates thousands of years of Iraqi Jewish history including the story of the first Baghdad beauty queen - a young Jewish woman.

Despite protests, 2 new Jewish museums to open in Portugal

Lisbon Jewish community vice president says new museum demonstrates Portugal's immunity to new anti-Semitism trend.

Non-Jewish Germans honored for preserving local Jewish history

Non-Jewish Germans who have helped preserve local Jewish history honored at the 17th annual Obermayer German Jewish History Awards.

Netanyahu to host Jewish history lecture for UN officials

Netanyahu to hold Jewish history seminar in the wake of UNESCO decision denying Jewish connection to Temple Mount.

Polish Jewry museum wins European Museum of the Year Award

Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw wins the European Museum of the Year Award.

Rivlin: Our Roots are Deeply Planted in Hevron

At inauguration of visitor's center in Hevron Museum, President Reuven Rivlin highlights Jewish people's connection to the ancient city.

Museum Dedicated to the History of Polish Jews Opens in Warsaw

The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw opens its Core Exhibition to visitors in grand ceremony on October 28.