“The establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine will be a blessing to the whole world.”
The Haggadah’s words were felt as KGB agents surrounded them. Later he would “celebrate” Passover in the Gulag
One Seder during WWII – and one right after – left an indelible mark on the renowned educator and activist
“…we felt it would have been strange to hold a Seder in Egypt”
Albert Sabin may be less famous than Jonas Salk, but he probably shouldn’t be
New US secretary of state’s immigrant ancestor was a trailblazing Yiddishist, as well as a carpenter and masseuse
The renowned Kabbalah scholar’s brother chose a very different path, at one point leading the German Communist Party
The 19th century words and efforts of Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan
Mid-15th century Iberian megillah now at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem and online