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The Statue of Liberty celebrates her 125th birthday with friends and fans in New York City.

!Famous Israeli artists including HaYehudim, Raviv Kenner, Guy Mazig and 400 musicians performed Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold) like never before.

On September 19, 2017, an earthquake had a terrible impact in Mexico City resulting in many people injured and dead, and many structures were damaged or totally destroyed. The Jewish Community Building located in the Street of Acapulco # 70 in the Condesa section of the Federal District was also da

Marcel Marceau saved at least 70 Jewish children from the Nazis through risky border crossings during World War II, and his cousin Georges Loinger saved 350. Marcel Marceau saved at least 70 Jewish children from the Nazis through risky border crossings during World War II, and his cousin Georges Loi…

In this extended clip from Shudder’s upcoming docu-series Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror, filmmakers, experts and critics discuss Hitchcock’s casting of Anthony Perkins to play Psycho’s Norman Bates, with reflections on his father’s life and career from Perkins’ son, filmmaker Oz Perkin

The movie starts in June, 1940 where Sousa Mendes, Portuguese Consul, issued life-saving visas to thousands of refugees against his government’s orders. A 2013 pilgrimage retraces their families’ footsteps, testimonies, compelling footage and insights from experts tell the story.

During Kristallnacht, Jews were terrorized across Germany with nearly 100 killed, and homes, synagogues and business destroyed. The world watched and did nothing, leading to the horrors of the Holocaust. We must learn from the past and not stay silent in the face of hate.

In Loving Memory – Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1924 – Ocrtober 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American actress and singer who played many film, theatre and television roles. Her career, one of the longest in the entertainment industry, spanned over 80 years, much of it in the Unite…

May 30, 1963 marked the fifteenth birthday of my sister Nancy Gerson in Mexico City. As first generation born in Mexico my parents decided to have a quinceañera celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday. It has pre-Columbian roots in Mexico (Aztecs) and is widely celebrated by girls throughout Latin A

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch in history, has died at the age of 96. Elizabeth was 25 years old when she assumed the throne in 1952 following the death of her father, King George VI. This year marked the queen’s platinum jubilee, celebrating 70 years on the throne. During …