history

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Ideas

What I wish they taught us in Hebrew school

Learning about Diaspora cultures and the diversity of identities should be an integral part of formal Jewish education.

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How a Holocaust survivor’s book helped this Rohingyan refugee survive brutal detention

Jaivet Ealom drew on the wisdom of Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning” before a daring escape.

This Jewish real estate developer pushed to integrate the suburbs

Joseph Eichler, a prominent California builder in the middle of the 20th century, was a pioneer of non-discriminatory housing policy.

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Ideas

White Jews should understand why Black Americans need reparations now

jews of color

Ideas

I helped coin the term ‘Jews of color.’ It’s time for a history lesson.

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Culture

Betty Friedan is the ‘Moses’ of the women’s movement in ‘Mrs. America’

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Culture

These 7 Jewish actresses shaped Hollywood as we know it

Global

Poland just honored a historian who said the Nazi invasion wasn’t so bad for the Jews

Global

Polish culture minister criticizes European history museum for falsely portraying his country’s Holocaust role

Sharon Six-Day War

‘I have a feeling the war is going to start tomorrow’: Three days in June 1967

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