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This week in Jewish history: The first Shabbat and the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto

From the first Shabbat to the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, this week’s stories trace the traditions that sustained Jewish life and the people who fought to preserve it.

Nobody could find the boats ancient inhabitants of Israel used, so researchers built one themselves

“It’s like making a dream come true: starting from a theoretical idea and ending with a full-size, tangible and real boat,” Niv said.

Why was Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over his Israel remarks?

This Week in Jewish History: The Nuremberg Laws and a Jewish refuge in New York

The Nazis enact the Nuremberg Race Laws, and Mordecai Manuel Noah dedicates Ararat, his unrealized Jewish refuge near Buffalo.

This Week in Jewish History: Italy bombs Tel Aviv and Israel signs a reparations deal with West Germany

Fascist Italy bombs Tel Aviv during World War II, and Israel signs a fiercely contested reparations agreement with West Germany.

This week in Jewish history: World War II begins and Dutch Jews gain equal rights

How did Jews become equal citizens in the Netherlands, and how did Germany’s invasion of Poland unleash the horrors of World War II?

The story of Ethiopian Jews Israel rarely tells

Police were searching for suspects in Jerusalem. They found a 2,000-year-old burial cave instead

To a Jerusalem archaeologist, a burial cave under a house is much less surprising than it sounds.

This week in Jewish history: Nazi naming laws and Operation Magic Carpet

Nazi Germany tried to mark Jews through their names. A decade later, Operation Magic Carpet transported an entire Jewish community to Israel.

This week in Jewish history: The lynching of Leo Frank and George Washington’s promise to American Jews

Leo Frank’s 1915 lynching revealed the deadly power of antisemitism. George Washington’s 1790 letter offered a radically different vision of Jewish life in the U.S.

Maytal Kowalski is having tough conversations with Canadian Jews

This Week in Jewish History: The Night of the Murdered Poets and Białystok Ghetto Uprising

Stalin executed 13 Soviet Jewish intellectuals, while Jewish resistance fighters rose against the Nazis in the Białystok Ghetto.

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