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Land of Israel
Rachel Cohen-Kagan was one of the most prominent activists for the advancement of women’s rights in the young State of Israel. Her efforts led to her being among the signatories of the Declaration of Independence
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Judaism
From a rare Jewish-Italian manuscript: An outraged letter from the Jews of Ferrara to the Inquisition authorities requesting they stop censoring their printed books.
Diaspora
Human bones and broken tombstones were used as building materials, desecrating 500 years of Jewish history and half a million gravestones.
Boys in antiquity were taught to read and write – this we know. But were girls their brothers’ peers? What about their mothers?
Dracula? He’s nothing compared to the first vampire in history, the one and only Lilith. Among her many “hobbies”: hounding humankind, causing crib death and night emissions in men, and sucking blood.
The very public Jewish roots of Captain America, the first superhero to punch Hitler in the face!
One of the most despicable books in human history ever published is Mein Kampf. This is the story of Sein Kampf (His Struggle, An Answer to Hitler), and the woman who wrote it.
When Rachel Félix met her childhood idol, the famous writer Alexandre Dumas, she could not contain her excitement. It didn’t last.
Years before Eichmann was brought to Israel to stand trial, the notorious mass-murderer visited Mandatory Palestine in 1937 while disguised as a journalist.
Discovered in the National Library archives, Himmler’s message to the Mufti decried the “Jewish invaders”, while sending “warm wishes for your continued struggle…”
Do you thank the Almighty for making you a man or a woman? Two fifteenth-century manuscripts show the choice is yours!
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