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With Shavuot coming up — a holiday on which many Jews customarily eat dairy meals — the Archive Blog thought it would be appropriate to revive an old cheesecake recipe. [[READMORE]] There are two types of cheesecake enthusiasts: those who know what zwieback is and those who don’t. The twice-baked bread, which isn’t easily found […]

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On June 7, 1967, Israeli military forces capped off the Six Day War with several remarkable feats, including re-capturing the Old City of Jerusalem from Jordan, who had won control of the area in 1948. From a JTA report bearing the dateline June 6, 1967:  [[READMORE]] OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM IS LIBERATED Jerusalem, a city […]

Shavuot is the holiday which commemorates the Israelites receiving the Torah from Mount Sinai during their wandering in the desert. Since the biblical day when the Jews received the first Torah, many more have been given. Here, the JTA Archive recalls ten moments in history when Jews have given or received The Book (or the […]

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