History

by Unpacked

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

by Dara Horn

Self-mutilation as a Jewish cultural strategy and the sad history of the Yevsektsiya.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

A new documentary tells the story of a grotesque romance that saved lives.

by Ann Goldberg

My grandfather was one of the 60,000 Jews whose nightmare continued once he made it to the UK during the Holocaust.

by Rabbi Pinchas Landis

Why everything you've been told about the name changes at Ellis Island is a big, fat lie.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

The world’s first museum devoted to Alfred Dreyfus’ trial just opened in Paris. Its lessons are needed today.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Plus two amazing Jewish yogurt recipes.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Spanish diplomat Angel Sanz Briz saved 5,000 Jews. Spain now is trying to contact their descendants.

by Rivka Ronda Robinson

Brave and determined, Aron Grunhut organized ship and railway transports to help Jewish refugees escape Hitler.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

The Babi Yar massacre, among the worst Nazi crimes, occurred 80 years ago.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

And kept his groundbreaking discovery a secret from the Nazis.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Gary Ginsberg’s new book “First Friends” chronicles personal relationships that influenced the White House.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

A new book sheds light on a secret unit drawn from refugees whose deep-rooted hatred of Hitler would ensure they were a passionate fighting force.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

In 1934, doctors in five hospitals walked off the job rather than work with a Jew.

by Yad Vashem

Henryk Ross risked his life in order to show what the Nazis tried to hide.

by Menucha Chana Levin

With bravery and moral courage, a dock worker in Riga risked his life to save Latvian Jews.

by Unpacked

Rooted in the word for the Land of Israel, Zion, the word Zionist may not actually be as “modern” as you think! In fact, Zionists have been around for thousands of years.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

From flowers at Sinai to cooking with flowers.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

The decisive battle paved the way for Israel to reunify Jerusalem in 1967.

by Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

A tribute to the faithful, professional and humble work of the non-Jewish archivist couple.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Judy Batalion’s new book documents Jewish women who fought Nazis during WWII.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Marking the 100th anniversary of Isaac Ochberg’s remarkable rescue mission.

by Jack Sacco

Having participated in the liberation of Dachau during World War II, Joe Sacco inspired his son to write a book that bears witness to the atrocities he encountered.

by Dr. Kenneth Collins

Examining the complex relationship between Jews and Poles in Scotland during World War II.

by Adam Ross

Construction workers discover a secret bunker with 20 sets of tefillin, several prayer books and weapons, testifying to the spiritual resistance of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto,.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

A little-known network of internment camps operated in Scotland during World War II.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Eric Schwam was one of over 3,000 Jews saved by the residents in one small French town.

by Zvi Wiesenfeld

Yankel Wiesenfeld miraculously emerged from the Ukrainian hell with his life and faith intact.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

In the 1960s, hundreds of Jews worked tirelessly to advance civil rights. Two of them were murdered.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Thinking out of the box, these 5 Jews – 4 doctors and 1 engineer – used science, medicine and chutzpah to save lives.

by Adina Hershberg

In celebration of Hebrew Language Day, meet the father of modern Hebrew.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Jews have long helped shape the game of chess.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Beloved teacher, role model, and sweet singer of Israel.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

China’s Consul General in Vienna was the foreign diplomat who helped Austria's Jews during WWII.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

There are new plans to build a synagogue at the site of a horrific Nazi massacre of Jews.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

One of the great patrons of Jewish life supported Jews on three continents.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

When Jewish Boxers fought Nazis in the 1930s in America.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira’s book has helped me cope during the pandemic.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

How teenage violin prodigy Motele Schlein single-handedly destroyed a Nazi SS unit.

by Dr. Aviel Eidelman

Stitched in a Lithuanian shtetl, this family heirloom is miraculously unearthed right before my son’s circumcision.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Pickles have long been a Jewish food. Here are some fascinating facts and recipes.

by Adam Ross

For 200 days Tibor Spitz and his family hid in a hole during the freezing winter to evade the Nazis.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

In 1939 Isadore Greenbaum risked his life to disrupt a major Nazi rally at Madison Square Gardens.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

24,000 Israeli soldiers have sacrificed their lives for the protection of the Jewish state.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

With the help of the US Army, Jewish Holocaust survivors printed copies of the Talmud.

by AIPAC

Takele Mekonen bravely partnered with the Mossad to help smuggle countless fellow Ethiopian Jews to freedom in Israel. He is now a successful tech executive in Israel.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin invented vaccines against polio.

by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Like Eddie Jacobson, God is calling on each of us, saying there is something only we can do.