This week in Jewish history: Göring’s Final Solution order and first Russian Jews arrive in NYC This week in Jewish history, Göring ordered preparations for the Final Solution, and Russian Jewish immigrants arrived in New York City.
The complete history of American Jews, from 1654 to today From 23 refugees in New Amsterdam to 7.5 million today, explore 350 years of American Jewish history, immigration, identity, and influence.
25 Jewish Americans who made history and helped shape the United States From the Revolutionary War to Silicon Valley, meet 25 Jewish Americans whose ideas, leadership, and creativity helped shape the United States.
I fulfilled my dream of making aliyah — days later Israel went to war with Iran I came to Israel expecting a fresh start. Instead, I got sirens, uncertainty, and a powerful lesson in what it means to build a life from scratch.
What Israelis and Diaspora Jews get wrong about each other As a new immigrant to Israel, I keep being asked: why move here now? The answer says as much about the Diaspora as it does about Israeli life.
Yom HaPlitim: How one day honors a million displaced Jews Around a million Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews were expelled from Arab countries after 1947. Yom HaPlitim reclaims this forgotten refugee story.
From the sausage aliyah to pumpkin spice olim: How two generations of post-Soviet Jews made Israel home In Israel’s cultural “solyanka,” post-Soviet aliyah spans generations — from those who rebuilt in the 1990s to today’s newcomers facing new fears and freedoms.
Aliyah explained: How Jewish immigration built modern Israel From Yemen to Moscow, waves of aliyah shaped Israel into a nation of languages, traditions, and resilience.
Echoes of the Iron Curtain: Reflecting on my Soviet Jewish diaspora identity As a first generation Israeli-American with parents from the USSR, I’m being strikingly honest when I tell my friends I have no clue who I am.
The Jews of the Wild West Their stories embody traits of perseverance, grit, and the determination to maintain one’s identity in a strange land.
