Jewish American Heritage Month is an opportunity to fight the surge of hate

Jewish American Heritage Month should be a celebration of the contributions Jews have made to American life. From medicine, ...
The Forward on MSN

This graphic novel illustrates the story of America’s first Jewish congregation — pirates and all

Graphic novelist Julian Voloj was walking through Manhattan’s Chinatown when he stumbled across the cemetery of the United States’ oldest Jewish community, Shearith Israel. This inspired him to write ...
The Times of Israel

9 miles of archives: NYC Jewish history documents come to life in CUNY trove

City University of New York public system's material includes Yiddish jokes, posters for champion boxers, and student ...
Jewish Journal

The Return to Jewish History

As a moment in time, the Oct. 7 massacre was, paradoxically, an event both anomalous and familiar, at once exceptional and routine. It was horrifying and shocking to the extreme, yet, given the ...
Wall Street Journal

Jewish History Is the Antidote to Antisemitism

The political and cultural tumults of today call to mind the words of the great Jewish intellectual Milton Himmelfarb in 1967. In the immediate aftermath of the Six-Day War—when the Jewish people ...
The Nation

What the Jewish History of Exile Means Now

A recent book on Jewish identity before and after Zionism shows the limitations of a progressive critique that doesn’t truly account for the experience of Palestinians. German Jewish refugees looking ...
Jewish Journal

LAUSD Makes History with Jewish American Heritage Month Recognition

While she believes the program can play an important role in addressing antisemitism, Tishby emphasized that no single ...

Column: The names on Jewish cemetery headstones are yours, too

The names on those headstones aren’t just Jewish history. They’re Virginia Peninsula history, Jewish Peninsula’s Eric Maurer ...

To honor Jewish American Heritage Month, South Florida must do more than celebrate | Commentary

As we celebrate the holiday in May, columnist Laurence Milstein writes: “The best way to honor Jewish American Heritage Month ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A history of the radical Jewish feminists and the one subject they never talked about

BROOKLINE, Mass. (JTA) — Heather Booth, Amy Kesselman, Vivian Rothstein and Naomi Weisstein. The names of these bold and influential radical feminists may have faded in recent years, but they remain ...
The New York Times

A History of American Jewish Women Shows How the Country Influenced Them, and Vice Versa

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Jordana Horn AMERICA’S JEWISH WOMEN A History From Colonial Times to Today By Pamela S. Nadell ...