25 Mar History, topics Reflecting on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire March 25, 2011 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Symi Rom-Rymer One hundred years ago today, 146 immigrant women, primarily Jewish and Italian, died while trying to escape a fire t...Continue reading
25 Mar History, Politics Jewish History in China Boosting Sino-Israeli Relations March 25, 2011 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Amanda Walgrove Chinese and Jewish cultures are among the oldest remaining civilizations in the world. Besides the spiritual divide...Continue reading
18 Feb History, Latest, Religion Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives September 25, 2012 By elisniv 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Amanda Walgrove The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation...Continue reading
18 Feb History, Religion Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives February 18, 2011 By navid 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Amanda Walgrove The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation...Continue reading
11 Feb History, Latest, Politics, topics A Revolution By Any Other Name August 15, 2012 By elisniv 3 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Niv Elis For the Czech Republic it was Velvet. For Serbia, it was a Bulldozer. For Iran, it was distinctly Islamic. But nobody...Continue reading
09 Feb History, Latest Czech Out Those Jews: Judaism in the Czech Republic May 8, 2012 By elisniv 7 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Kayla Green How is it possible to judge the attitude toward Jews in the Czech Republic, a country where Jews have in recent history...Continue reading
01 Feb History, Latest The Golem in the Attic May 8, 2012 By elisniv 10 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Kayla Green Tucked away in the snowy cobblestone streets of Prague’s Jewish Quarter stands a synagogue that is as old and significa...Continue reading
28 Jan History, Latest The Holocaust Today May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer January 27th marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops. In 2005, 60 year...Continue reading
16 Jan History, Latest Jewish Ghosts of Budapest May 8, 2012 By elisniv 3 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Merav Levkowitz On the last evening of 2010, a Friday, about 35-40 (mostly) young adults, gathered in a non-descript apartment in t...Continue reading
11 Jan History, Latest, Religion A Tale of Two New Years May 8, 2012 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Gabriel Weinstein Optimism and excitement for the new year still permeate the crisp winter air as in the second week of 2011. Lof...Continue reading