The Rabbi in the Nazi Uniform
During the German occupation of Hungary, members of the Zionist youth movements — “the Zionist underground” — played a major role in the rescue of Jews by the mass […]
Nisim Behar
Four hundred youngsters participate each Sabbath at services a the Knesset Yisrael Synagogue in Galata, the Jewish quarter in the center of Istanbul. Tow hundred boys and girls come to […]
At the Graveside of Menasseh Ben Israel
The Potuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam — founded early in the seventeenth century by Marranos from Spain and Portugal was for a long period the largest and most wealthy […]
Rabbi Yehudah Leib Kagan
New York is a city with a large populace. Each of us meets and knows many persons, and it is precisely because of this that we really do not know […]
Suleika Hachuel
In the Jewish cemetery of Fez, Morrocco — the city we associate with the Rif and the Rambam — stands a monument, the gravesite of a beautiful young woman, who […]
Court Jewess Madame Kaulla
Reputed to be the wealthiest woman in Germany in her time, Chaile Raphael Kaulla served as a treasurer at the Royal Wurttemberg court, while raising a family and supporting a […]
The Corfu Blood Libel of 1891
And the Disappearance of the Ethrog from Corfu For several centuries Corfu was one of the chief suppliers of Ethrogim to Jews all over the world. The use of Corfu […]
Captain Barros Basto Ger Tzedek and Portuguese Dreyfus
Many readers are familiar with the notorious Dreyfus Affair, which took place in 1894 in France when a Jewish career soldier, a captain in the French army, was falsely accused […]
Queen Esterke
In the ancient Jewish quarter of the Kazimir district in Cracow, Poland, you’ll find a street called Ulica Estery. It’s named after Queen Esterke, as she was referred to in […]
The Jews of Gibraltar
Gibraltar occupies a small peninsula jutting out from the Spanish coast. Its town is situated at the foot and on the lowest levels of the western face of the Rock, […]