Jewish Ireland: A Social History is an engaging and thoroughly researched panorama of Irish Jewry. Based on library and archival material, private memoirs and oral testimony, it traces Irish-Jewish life from the 1880s when Orthodox Russian Jews, forced to flee Tsarist persecution, began arriving in Ireland without any means of support, little secular education and […]
Ethnicity and Genetic Diseases Various communities are at an increased risk for many genetic diseases that occur more frequently in their population. Genetic diseases commonly occur in isolated communities, such as Tay-Sachs in the Jewish population. Diseases such as Tay-Sachs are not specific to the Jewish population, as many other ethnic groups, such as Irish, French Canadian ... Read more
Faux-Hebrew fonts have been around for more than a century, but were the origins of this lettering Jewish or antisemitic?
On 2 October 1940, Ludwig Fischer, Governor of the Warsaw District in the occupied General Government of Poland, signed the order to officia...
Hanukah eve, 25 Kislev 5623 – 1862. A heavy snow blister was raging outside, while the town’s Jews gathered in their homes, around the Hanukia. Scents of Museum of the Jewish People
Understanding your family tree research and Jewish history is essential for writing your family history and bringing your ancestors to life.
Judaism is the world’s oldest monotheistic religion, dating back nearly 4,000 years. Followers of Judaism believe in one God who revealed himself through ancient prophets. History is essential to understanding the Jewish faith, which is embedded in tradition, law and culture.
Jewish family in Baghdad, 1910. Family portrait of Iraqi Jews.
"I already knew the litany. 'Don’t go to synagogue. Don’t put your names on any lists. Don’t tell anyone you’re Jewish.'"
Hasidic Vs Orthodox. What’s the difference? Let me get right down to it: Hasidic Jews are a sect/movement within Orthodox Judaism. All Hasidic Jews are Orthodox, but not all Orthodox Jews are…
Let us introduce you to a band of Haim sisters. (No, not the ones you're thinking of.) Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim form a band called A-WA.
A Shiviti is a meditative representations of a candlestick used in some Jewish communities for the contemplation of...
Jewish Clothing in the ancient world. Distinguished Jews. Noble Jewish women. Jewish warriors. Jewish King. Jewish high priest. Levites.
Above, teens in Jerusalem during Purim, 1998. Photographs by Patrick Zachmann. During Purim, some kids are allowed to smoke cigarettes. Thankfully, there's a seat left. Above, trendy hangout spot on Sheinkin Street, Tel Aviv. "The Ku" nightclub, Tel Aviv.
Image 1 of 27 from gallery of Jewish Documentation and Research Center of Mexico (CDIJUM) / Ezra Cherem Behar & Alan Cherem Hamui. Photograph by Luis Gallardo / LGM Studio
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From Bradford to Brighton, here we look at some of England’s most beautiful Synagogues.
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Ashkenazi Jews account for about 70 percent of Jews worldwide. What are the origins, history, traditions, and foods of the largest Jewish community?
Incredible images of Jews celebrating Hanukkah throughout the years.
File name: 07_01_000051 Title: Jewish war sufferers. Shall they plead in vain? Creator/Contributor: Mayer, Louis, 1869-1969 (artist); American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (sponsor) Created/Published: Grinnell Litho Co., New York Date issued: 1917 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color Summary: Image depicts Jewish woman and child sitting amidst rubble in a war-damaged area. Genre: War posters Subjects: Refugees; War destruction & pillage Notes: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, known as JDC, was founded in 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I, to send aid to the Jews of Palestine and Eastern Europe who were in danger of starvation. The JDC is an independent, nonpolitical American Jewish Relief and welfare organization dedicated to providing emergency aid and long term assistance to individual Jews and Jewish communities throughout the world, outside of the United States. Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: No known restrictions
"Zsidó Múzeum" (Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives) in Budapest takes the 1st floor in The Great Synagogue.. There are two permanent exhibitions: "Relics of the Jewish religion" and "The history of the Jews in Hungary in the second world war".. -Torah (תּוֹרָה) It is the central and most important document of Judaism revered by Jews through the ages. It is a Hebrew word meaning "teaching," "instruction," or "law". It is also very important to Christians, as it constitutes part of their bibles. It is written in Hebrew, the oldest Jewish language. It is also called the Law of Moses... -Torah pointer is a decorated rod used in a synagogue to indicate the text of the torah that is to be read in the day's service. It is called 'yad', the Hebrew word for 'hand'. -Torah finials (the rimonim) are the oldest of the Torah ornaments, means "pomegranates", the symbol of fertility and life in much of the Eastern world. The finials made for Western synagogues are usually shaped in architectural forms such as towers, complete with filigree, balconies, and crowns. Bells are another feature found on many of the rimonim, especially those made in Italy. The bells symbolize the tiny bells sewn into the High Priest's robe, making a shivering, tinkling sound when he walked past. Many of the Central European-crafted finials are topped with the double headed heraldic eagle or the two tablets of the Ten Commandments...
Tefillin Prayers Tefilin Diagrams Sefaria Exodus 13 1-10 Sefaria 13 11-16 Sefaria Deuteronomy 6 4-9 Sefaria Deuteronomy 11 13-21 Tying "K-nots": Women and Tefillah A Guide to Wrapping (Laying) Tefillin Video with Anne Lapidus Lerner Video with Janet Kirschner
Born in 1897 to a wealthy Russian-Jewish family, Roman Vishniac immigrated to Berlin in 1920 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. As an amateur photographer, he took to the streets with his camera throughout the 1920s and ’30s, offering astute, often humorous visual commentary on his adopted city and experimented with new and modern approaches to framing and composition. Here's a collection of amazing black and white photographs show daily life of Jewish people in the 1930s. Boy with kindling in basement dwelling, Krochmalna Street, Warsaw, ca. 1935–38. Roman Vishniac's daughter, Mara, posing in front of a shop specializing in instruments that measure the difference in size between Aryan and non-Aryan skulls, Berlin, 1933. Travelling salesmen returning home for the Sabbath, Mukacevo, c. 1935–38. Youngsters adopted cattle as friends, Carpathian Ruthenia, c. 1935–38. A German family walking between taxi-cabs in front of the Ufa-Palast cinema, Berlin, ca. 1930s. Sunlight streaming into a railway station, probably the Bahnhof Zoo terminal in Charlottenburg, Berlin, ca. 1930s. People behind bars at Berlin Zoo in the early 1930s. Woman washing windows above Mandtler & Neumann Speditionen (Mandtler & Neumann Forwarding Agents), Vienna, ca. 1930s. A salesman sleeps on a bench to save on lodging, Eastern Europe, c. 1935–38. Nazi Storm Troopers marching next to the Arsenal in front of the Berlin Cathedral, ca. 1935. Interior of the Anhalter Bahnhof, a railway terminus near Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, ca. 1930s. Street scene with swastika flag in background, Berlin, ca. 1935–36. Children with shaved heads at the Cemach Szabad Colony for Frail Children, near Wilno, c. 1935–38. Students standing outside a yeshiva, Mukacevo, c. 1937–38. At the end of October, 1938, thousands of Polish Jews in Germany were forcibly repatriated by the Nazis and housed in military barracks in Zbaszyn, Poland. Exhausted. A carrier of heavy loads, Warsaw, ca. 1935–38. Girl in plaid dress, Mukacevo, Ukraine ca. 1935–38. Jewish schoolchildren, Mukacevo, Ukraine ca. 1935–38. Zionist youth learning construction techniques while building a school and foundry, Werkdorp Wieringen, The Netherlands, 1939. An elder of the village, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia, c. 1935–38. Students sharing books in heder, Brod, c. 1935–38. She would rather have it for her own family!, Uzhorod, Carpathian Ruthenia, c. 1935–38. Grandfather and granddaughter, Warsaw, c. 1935–38. (Photos: Roman Vishniac/© Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy of International Center of Photography)
Yom Kippur has religious meaning for Mormons and Christians.
