On July 7, the Municipality of Jerusalem renamed a small square adjacent to Damascus Gate in honor of Elia Kahvedjian, an ...

The 80th anniversary of the Holocaust, Yom Hashoah, was on April 24. There are approximately 245,000 Holocaust survivors still alive today. While there will soon be no living Holocaust survivors, it’s ...

It’s part of history. “This is the Yom HaShoah... the commemoration of the six million that were murdered,” Gernsheimer told the crowd at the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks.

Selena Masse inspires seventh-graders to learn history through speakers and books about young people in tough situations.

David (Djago) Schaffer was born in the village of Vama, Bukovina in northern Romania on Feb. 27, 1931. His parents, Arnold ...

Since becoming Toronto’s mayor in July 2023, Chow has made it abundantly clear where her sympathies lie. Her progressive politics have left no room for consideration of Toronto’s Jewish and Zionist ...

Participants of the Yom Ha’Shoah service May 1 in the Jewish Community Center gymnasium prepare to light the fifth candle on the menorah for the children of Holocaust survivors and pledge to ...

Jews, including many non-Orthodox ones, fast on Yom Kippur in the hope that God will forgive their sins. Some also refrain from sex, bathing, and wearing leather shoes.

Our new animated historical documentary will cover the Yom Kippur war of 1973 also known as the Ramadan War or October War, specifically the Sinai Front where Egypt and Israel fought. Previously ...

Dr. Alex Grobman is the senior resident scholar at the John C. Danforth Society and a member of the Council of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. He has an MA and PhD in contemporary Jewish ...