The Jews Of The Hindenburg
The Hindenburg, a massive German zeppelin 803 feet long – almost the length of three football fields – departed Frankfurt, Germany on the evening...
Holocaust Cartoons
There can hardly be a subject that might, at first blush, be considered more unsuitable for cartoons than the Holocaust. Yet they played a more crucial role in provoking anti-Nazi sentiment, generating support for the victims of the Shoah, and engendering publicity regarding the Holocaust, than hundreds of essays, articles, and newspaper reports ever could.
Louis Pasteur: The Jewish Connection
Beginning in 1891, the Pasteur Institute opened facilities in different countries, and currently there are 32 institutes in 29 countries in various parts of the world.
Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, And The Nazis
Walt never met with Hitler, but it is beyond dispute that the Fuhrer adored Disney’s work.
LBJ: An Unheralded Holocaust Hero
LBJ was an important initiator in providing American aid to Israel. As early as 1951, with Israel in desperate need of money and material to settle the massive influx of Jewish immigrants, he successfully lobbied the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for $150 million (equivalent to $1.66 billion in 2022 dollars) in support.
Jackie Kennedy: A Good Friend Of The Jews And Israel
In a 1964 correspondence to a Jewish friend, she wrote, I admire and respect the Jewish people and their traditions and feel a kinship with them.
How Jewish Mathematician Abraham Wald Helped Win World War II
Wald asserted that Air Force data had ignored the thousands of bombers that had been unable to return to base because they’d been struck in other plane sections, including the engines, the cockpit, and the tail which, he maintained, are the very areas that must be more heavily armored.
Jacob Rivera, Aaron Lopez, And Isaac Hart: Three Leading Jewish Merchants In Colonial America
Although most of the prominent Jews in colonial America were strong supporters of the colonialists and their struggle for independence, Hart was a conspicuous exception.
Milton Friedman, Israel, And The Socialist Jewish Paradox
Friedman believed that while monopolies and oligarchies are injurious to everybody, these systems are particularly ruinous for Jews and for Israel.
Karl Marx: A Self-Hating Jew
In On the Jewish Question, Marx contemptuously criticized Judaism (and, to a lesser extent, Christianity) from the standpoint of social emancipation, regarding Jews as the embodiment of capitalism and the creators of its evils.
Rare First Edition of Barkai
The man who gave us our anthem of hope, of return, of redemption, died alone in exile. But in death, he fulfilled what he wrote.
The Antisemitism And Jewish Origins Of Dracula
By feeding off upstanding English citizens, Stoker’s Dracula maintains the survival of his race, just as Jews newly arrived in Great Britain sustain themselves by usurping money and wealth through devious means, leaving their victims” dry.
The Muddled Zionist Legacy Of Herbert Samuel
When Samuel arrived in Jerusalem to commence his term as High Commissioner, he was deeply moved by his greeting, as the Yishuv welcomed him enthusiastically, calling him “the First of Judea” and greeting him with a seventeen-gun salute and endless words of welcome.
The Jew Who Discovered Penicillin’s Use
He married within the faith (to chemist Anne Beloff) and was an outspoken anti-assimilationist.
Carl Jung: Kabbalist And Anti-Semite?
In contrast with the broad scrutiny brought to bear by the critics on Jung’s apparent anti-Semitism, little attention has been given to his preoccupation with Kabbalah in general and with his Jewish mystical visions in particular.
Who Designed Israel’s Flag?
Although Wolffsohn’s proposed flag did not constitute a substantive departure from the Rishon L’Tzion flag that had been flown more than a decade earlier, the Encyclopedia Judaica maintains that he was unaware of the earlier flags.
Some Defy, Some Comply With BDS Demands To Cancel Rock Concerts In Israel
Other performers have resisted enormous pressure from BDS and its supporters, and this is the story of three of them.
Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline And The Jewish Connection To Léon Blum
I am a Jew. That is a fact [and] you do me no injury by reminding me of the race to which I belong and have never renounced and toward which I feel only gratitude and pride.
When Jews Wearing Masks On Purim Were Arrested Under The ‘Anti-Mask Law’
Violators of the law could receive a six-month jail term. According to Superintendent Kennedy, the “masquerade or fancy dress ball or entertainment” exception apparently did not apply to Jews dressing up for Purim.
The Judaism Of Harry Houdini
During his career, the great Houdini only failed to escape a pair of cuffs once – when he was presented with a rigged set stuffed with buckshot, rendering the locking mechanism inoperative, even with the key.
Saul Bellow’s ‘Vengeful Jewish Heart’
His mother, wanting him to be a rabbi, saw to it that he received a traditional Jewish education, and his lifelong love for the Bible began at age four when he learned Hebrew.
Gone With The Wind In Nazi Germany And Eretz Yisrael
Notably – and not surprising in Nazi Germany – the reviewer praised Mitchell’s description of the patriarchal character and racial and social hierarchy in the antebellum South.
Far From Home
For those who couldn’t go off base, a personal parcel was priceless in its ability to convey a feeling of home.
The First Agudat Yisrael Knessiah Gedolah And The Introduction Of The Daf Yomi
The aim of World Agudat Yisrael became to strengthen Orthodox institutions independent of the Zionist movement and Mizrachi.
A Machzor For Returning Marranos
The community was unusual, though, in the large number of adults that grew up without a proper Jewish education, many of whom were unable read and recite the Hebrew prayers. The response was a flurry of printing in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, such as this prayerbook.
The Tragic Story Of Herzl’s Family
The great visionary of the Jewish State did not bother to provide his children with even the rudiments of Jewish education or a Jewish identity; in fact, he taught them that assimilation, liberalism, and an enlightened education would finally bring an end to antisemitism and Jewish isolation.
Was The Founder Of The World Scouting Movement A Nazi Sympathizer?
Baden-Powell supporters reason that given its emphasis on discipline and the supremacy of the “greater good” and his belief that “every boy ought to learn how to shoot and obey orders,” it is hardly surprising that authoritarian governments were drawn to some aspects of Scouting philosophy.
The History Of El Al And Shabbat Flights
Even after the El Al Shabbat law was passed, Lod Airport (later Ben-Gurion Airport) continued operations, and charedim and religious groups were concerned that Jewish workers were being forced to work at the airport on Shabbat.
Was T.S. Eliot An Antisemite?
Perhaps inexplicably, Eliot voiced support for the State of Israel and increasingly viewed Judaism as a paradigm for the survival of diverse religious cultures in an increasingly secular world.
The Judaism And Zionism Of David Sarnoff
Infuriated by Nazi antisemitism, Sarnoff began regular travel to Washington after Kristallnacht to meet with branches of the armed forces to plan RCA’s integration into the American defense buildup...