Mayer’s prominence in public life reflects an often-overlooked reality of 19th-century American Jewish history: significant Jewish leaders and contributions could be found in many small towns ...

With a lot of focus on anti-Semitism in the world today the term has often been mistaken as exclusive to Jewish people Arthur ...

Temple Or Rishon near Sacramento has rededicated a Torah scroll that belonged to a small Czech Jewish community before the ...

When Jews began returning to the land of Israel in the late 19th century, much of the territory was barren or underdeveloped. Yet, driven by historical and spiritual ties, they worked tirelessly ...

Hanukkah lamp, Italy (19th century) (photo via the Jewish Museum) What do we celebrate on Hanukkah? After quickly mentioning the miraculous jar of temple oil that burned for eight days ...

In coming months, I will research my family's narrative of migration (European Jews to New York in the late 19th century), explore parallels with historical migration patterns of the period, and write ...