The Ritchie Boys were responsible for gathering more than half the actionable intelligence on the battlefield during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal. Jon Wertheim reports.

Several myths circulated that Haym Solomon negotiated, as return for his assistance in the Financing of the War of Independence, presence on the Seal of the United States. A close look at the one dollar bill reveals that is not the physical star that is present but the formation of the stars of the ...

For all of you “Hamilton” fans out there, get excited. Because one cantor, Azi Schwartz, sung “Adon Olam” to the tune of “You’ll Be Back” from the hit musical to his congregation at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City on October 22, 2016.

Thank you Ray Chew and Vivian Chew for joining us for Shabbat last Friday and closing our service with these poignant words and music, helping us understand how our brothers and sisters from the African American community feel. May we all be a bridge over troubled waters.

A short trailer for the new documentary; The Story of Gad Beck, the last known gay holocaust survivor who died before turning 89 in Berlin, June 2012. Perhaps the single most important experience that shaped his life was the wartime effort to rescue his boyfriend. Beck donned a Hitler Youth uniform ...

Back on March 23, Bette Midler tweeted: “Is it corny to have your own song stuck in your head? Because every time someone comes closer than 6 feet, I start singing, ‘From a Distance.'” Well, turns out great minds think alike! On that same day, Jewish mom Andrea Niederman, 32, and her husband Eric N

Will a menorah in a window really make a difference in the fight against antisemitism? It can – and has.
Look no further than the town of Billings, Montana, whose citizens fought back in 1993 after someone launched a brick through the window of then 5-year-old Isaac Schnitzer's bedroom. A menora

Celebrating in 2016 the "Festival of Lights" (December 24 - 31, 2016) with the story of Hanukkah and what it represents. For eight consecutive days, people light candles adding one more every day. The master candle, also known as the "Shames" is always used to light the other candles. The tradition ...

October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the body of a boy

VOTE AGAINST NC AMENDMENT ONE ON MAY 8TH, 2012!!
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