About miracles: Reflections on the concept of miracles for Hannukah
ushi
December 29, 2019
Once upon a time there was a man – says the Talmud – whose wife died in labor. The man was so poor that he[…]
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- She Treated All of Jerusalem’s Children: Wonder Physician Helena Kagan
- ‘A Product of Miracles’ : The Jewish Boy Who Hid From the Nazis in a Hole and Became a Huge Inventor
- Webinar: Hope, Resilience and A New Jewish Narrative
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Visits ANU – Museum of the Jewish People
- The Comeback of Yere’im Shelahuni: A Yom Kippur Liturgical Poem
- Days of Awe: Shai Agnon’s Anthology for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the Days In Between
- Dawood’s Life Project: The Jew From Iraq Who Introduced the Quran to the West
- Queen Esther: The Tragic Story of the Female Trailblazer Sister of Bashevis Singer
- The Girl from Odessa Who Became the Pioneer of Gynecology in Pre-State Israel
- The Enemy of My Enemy: The Story of Jewish Soldiers in the Finnish Army Who Fought Alongside Nazi Germany
- ANU Museum of the Jewish People Acquires the Most Influential Book in History – The Codex Sassoon
- “The Best Place to Grow Up In”: The Sholem Aleichem Cooperative Houses in New York
- “The People of Kiev Made Him a Target and Imposed the Suffering on All Jews”: The Beilis Case – The Last Blood Libel
- The Chinese Saga of the Jewish Physician from Vienna: The Story of Jakob Rosenfeld
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A Complex Tale: How Agnon Received a Bittersweet Gift in His Final Years
ushi
December 12, 2019
December 10, 1966 – 53 years ago. The clock ticks past 16:00, as the crowd waits in Stockholm’s opulent concert hall for the Nobel Prize[…]
All in the Family: The Debate that Ripped Apart 18th-Century Polish Jewry
ushi
December 9, 2019
Winter 1759. Some 2000 Jews – men, women, and children – gathered in the central square in front of Lvov, Poland’s cathedral. All but the[…]
Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot’s Annual Gala – NYC 2019
Danna Paz Prins
December 8, 2019
“Essen with the Best: A Night to Celebrate All Things Food” – Museum of the Jewish people at Beit Hatfutsot’s Annual Gala took place the[…]
La Amante, el Comisario y el Químico: Tres Personajes Judíos del Lado Errado de la Historia
ushi
December 8, 2019
La Amante, el Comisario y el Químico: Tres Personajes Judíos del Lado Errado de la Historia MARGHERITA SARFATTI Amante de Mussolini “Hay dos mujeres que[…]
“Essen with the Best: A Night to Celebrate All Things Food”
Hagay Kraus
December 5, 2019
“Essen with the Best: A Night to Celebrate All Things Food,” which will take place the evening of December 2 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom and[…]
Far from the Eye, Close to the Heart: The Fascinating History of the Beta Israel Community in Ethiopia
Danna Paz Prins
December 3, 2019
Historical research indicates that there were Jews in ancient Ethiopia, but their unknown origin and history has inspired many varying theories. The debate among researchers[…]
Gaza First: The Man Who Launched the Largest Messianic Movement in Jewish History
ushi
November 25, 2019
That Gaza is a hotbed of fundamentalist religion is nothing new. Throughout history, the city has attracted zealous believers, inflamed with high-voltage messianism and a[…]
Berlin Syndrome: The Greatest Political Philosopher of the 20th Century
ushi
November 11, 2019
While Isaiah Berlin was on his deathbed, Oxford University dean Roy Jenkins asked if he wanted the traditional memorial service in London’s iconic Westminster Abbey[…]
Master Rosenzweig: The extraordinary Genius Who Rediscovered Judaism
ushi
November 4, 2019
During the second season of Israel’s “Master Chef,” contenders were asked to cook a meal for someone close to their heart. One of them, Emanuel[…]
