03 Aug Culture, History The anti-Manischewitz August 3, 2011 By elisniv 10 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Adina Rosenthal Move over Manischewitz; Jewish wine is no longer synonymous with the sweet, syrupy stuff used for Jewish ceremonies...Continue reading
29 Jul Culture, History Not the First (or Last) Jew in Spain July 29, 2011 By Sala Levin 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Hilary Weissman While studying abroad in Spain this spring. I found myself unintentionally making numerous trips to the southern ...Continue reading
04 Jul History Revolutionary American Jews July 4, 2011 By elisniv 10 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Adina Rosenthal “You’re Jewish, so do you celebrate Independence Day?” When you live in a small town with a small Jewish population...Continue reading
03 Jun History, Politics Back to the Future: Obama's Peace Plan June 3, 2011 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Amanda Walgrove In 1967, the 25th amendment to the constitution was ratified, the U.S. was in the thick of the Vietnam War, Benjami...Continue reading
03 Jun History, Politics Back to the Future: Obama’s Peace Plan June 3, 2011 By navid 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Amanda Walgrove In 1967, the 25th amendment to the constitution was ratified, the U.S. was in the thick of the Vietnam War, Benja...Continue reading
13 May History Bosnian Jews and the Siege of Sarajevo May 13, 2011 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer People have wrestled with the question of what drives human beings to commit genocide since the end of the Holocaust...Continue reading
02 May History, Religion Auschwitz, in 2011 May 2, 2011 By Sala Levin 4 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Kayla Green Today marks Yom HaShoah, the day we commemorate those killed during the Holocaust. Across the world, people share stori...Continue reading
29 Apr Arts & Culture, History The First and Final Nightmare April 29, 2011 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer When 69 year-old Sonia Reich ran out of her Skokie home late one February evening in 2001, no one knew why. Insisti...Continue reading
06 Apr History The Lost Diary of Margot Frank April 6, 2011 By elisniv 4 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Kayla Green Every day, countless tourists flock to the Anne Frank House to visit the hiding place of young Anne, her family and acq...Continue reading
04 Apr Culture, History Skulls, Bones and Jews at Yale April 4, 2011 By elisniv 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Amanda Walgrove On March 28, TIME published an article "outing" Yale's Eliezer Society, entitled, Yale's Secret Society That's Hi...Continue reading