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go back to...Poland?

go back to...Poland?

  When my father was a boy in Poland, streets of Europe were covered with graffiti, "Jews, go back to Palestine." When my father revisited Europe 50 years later, the walls...

go back to...Poland?

  When my father was a boy in Poland, streets of Europe were covered with graffiti, "Jews, go back to Palestine." When my father revisited Europe 50 years later, the walls...

Rosh Hashanah: a history

Rosh Hashanah: a history

  WHAT IS ROSH HASHANAH? Rosh Hashanah, which translates to “head of the year,” is the Jewish New Year, which falls on the first of Tishrei, the seventh month of...

Rosh Hashanah: a history

  WHAT IS ROSH HASHANAH? Rosh Hashanah, which translates to “head of the year,” is the Jewish New Year, which falls on the first of Tishrei, the seventh month of...

Munich Massacre

Munich Massacre

  WHO WAS BLACK SEPTEMBER? In the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jordan illegally annexed Judea and Samaria to Jordan and renamed it the West Bank, referring to the...

Munich Massacre

  WHO WAS BLACK SEPTEMBER? In the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jordan illegally annexed Judea and Samaria to Jordan and renamed it the West Bank, referring to the...

are Jews from Eastern Europe?

are Jews from Eastern Europe?

  DISCLAIMERS  (1) “Are Jews from Eastern Europe?” is a multilayered question in the sense that “being from” somewhere can mean different things.  Citizenship or nationality is not always equal...

are Jews from Eastern Europe?

  DISCLAIMERS  (1) “Are Jews from Eastern Europe?” is a multilayered question in the sense that “being from” somewhere can mean different things.  Citizenship or nationality is not always equal...

antisemitism in Hollywood

antisemitism in Hollywood

  THE ORIGINS OF HOLLYWOOD In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jews migrated en masse from Eastern Europe to the United States. While the conditions in the United...

antisemitism in Hollywood

  THE ORIGINS OF HOLLYWOOD In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jews migrated en masse from Eastern Europe to the United States. While the conditions in the United...

what is Judaism, actually?

what is Judaism, actually?

  JUDAISM Judaism is the ethnic religion of the Jewish People. It is comprised of the ancient beliefs, mythologies, and laws of the Jewish tribe. Believe it or not, the...

what is Judaism, actually?

  JUDAISM Judaism is the ethnic religion of the Jewish People. It is comprised of the ancient beliefs, mythologies, and laws of the Jewish tribe. Believe it or not, the...