The program in Jewish studies at Smith College explores the history, literature, arts, politics, philosophy, culture, religion and languages of the Jewish people from its origins in ancient Israel ...
Journalists I know joke that the only Jewish historian they ever need to call is Jonathan Sarna. Jews and the Civil War? Sarna knows where the bodies are buried. Need a quote about Jews and bagels?
(RNS) — Late Tuesday (Dec. 3), the Senate unanimously passed a bill creating a commission to study the possibility of incorporating the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in ...
As we mark 130 years of publishing, J. sat down with local archivists to talk about how the past is preserved, and why it’s ...
On March 24, the Provo City Library ballroom filled with students, community members and friends who gathered to hear Faye ...
Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. A reported White House plan ...
A recent book on Jewish identity before and after Zionism shows the limitations of a progressive critique that doesn’t truly account for the experience of Palestinians. German Jewish refugees looking ...
Dan Tadmor will be the new CEO of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. (Courtesy of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to ...