Annie Londonderry
Annie Londonderry was the first woman to bicycle around the world. She was a Jewish Latvian immigrant to...
Gmar Chatima Tova
Gmar Chatima Tova – May you be sealed in the Book of Life #YomKippur Photo: Noam Chen
Yom Kippur in Michigan, 1973
I was about to turn 10-years-old on October 6, 1973, when I dutifully walked with my father to...
Ironman World Championship
I am the first shabbas observant Jew to complete Ironman World Championships. It’s normally held on shabbas. This...
Mandy Patinkin
Watch as Mandy Patinkin discovers that his family members were victims of the Holocaust, contrary to what he...
Louis Armstrong
a Jewish Star necklace for most of his life? Armstrong was born in New Orleans on August 4,...
Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy discusses the Jewish connection to the Vulcan salute he used on Star Trek. Video: Yiddish Book...
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
While it’s important to act properly between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. It’s perhaps more important to act...
Shana Tova from Lily Ebert and Dov Forman
Shanah Tovah – happy Jewish new year! 79 years ago, my great-grandmother, Lily Ebert, was in Auschwitz-Birkenau on...
Shana Tova
Wishing everyone a very happy, healthy and sweet new year! Shana Tova
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal on September 21, 1934. By 1973, Cohen was an international star. In...
Shofar at the Western Wall
Shofar at the Western Wall #shanatova Video: Mystery of Jerusalem
Western Wall Cleaning, New Year 2023
It’s that time of year when the Western Wall is carefully cleaned and checked. Millions of notes are...
Mark Twain
A note from Mark Twain about the Jewish people, published in the year 1899: “If the statistics are...
Condolences: Sam Weinreich
CONDOLENCES: Sam Weinreich was born on September 3, 1919 in Łódź, Poland. Shortly after the war began, the...
Rosh Hashana, New York, 1905-1915
Check out these photographs of Rosh Hashanah from 1905 to 1915 in New York City. This collection shares...
Danny Lewin
31 year old American Israeli Danny Lewin was the first victim of the September 11th attacks. Born in...
On 9/11 My Grandmother Walked to Safety
On 9/11 my grandmother walked from Manhattan to Williamsburg miraculously to safety. She was 78 years old. When...
Shalom Aleichem by Shulem Lemmer
“Bringing in Shabbat with my 99 year old great grandmother Lily Ebert and beautiful Jewish music from Shulem Lemmer....
The Kooples
It’s New York Fashion Week! Rabbi Joshua Metzger with The Kooples – the Elicha Family – in town for the...
Woman Reunites with Holocaust Survivors She Helped Save
92-year-old Melpomeni Dina reunited with Holocaust survivors she had saved during WWII. In 2019, siblings Sarah Yanai and...
Jewish History, Fashion 2
In honor of New York fashion week, which begins on September 8th, here is part 2 with some...
Jewish History, Fashion
In honor of New York fashion week, which begins on September 8th, here are some fun facts about...
1972 Olympics, Munich
September 5, 1972, is known as the darkest day in Olympic history: the date of the Munich Massacre....
Abraham J Zelmanowitz
Abraham J. Zelmanowitz was my uncle. He worked on the 27th floor of Tower 1 in the World...
Shaul Ladany
On September 5-6, 1972, 11 Israelis were killed in an attack known as the Munich Massacre. During the...
Yemenite Bride
In this photo (taken in the Yemenite Jewish community in Israel) a bride is helped by an older...
Oskar Schindler in Israel
In 1961, Oskar Schindler made his first trip to Israel and received a hero’s welcome by several of...
LAX > TLV
LAX > TLV Morning prayers in the sky Photo: Benjamin Ilulian
Iris Apfel, 102 Years Old
Happy 102nd Birthday to fashion icon Iris Apfel! #MazalTov Check out the video below with a few of...
Judith Love Cohen
Judith Love Cohen was a NASA engineer who helped create the Abort-Guidance System, used to rescue the Apollo...
Solvay Conference, 1927
The most intelligent picture ever taken; the world’s most notable physicists at the Solvay Conference, in Brussels, Belgium,...
Golda Meir and Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger: “Golda you must remember that first I am an American, second I am Secretary of State...
The Stiller Family
Amy, Anne, Jerry and Ben; the Stiller family in New York City, 1980. Photo: Lynn Goldsmith
Mildred Kirschenbaum
My mother, Mildred Kirschenbaum, was born August 25, 1923 in Brooklyn, NY. Her parents were immigrants from Poland...
Reverend André and Magda Trocmé
On August 30, 1942, pastor André Trocmé urged the congregants in his overflowing church to “Do the will...
Mordechai and Yenta
I am 67. I just read this letter that my mother wrote about her grandparents. I never knew...
Golda and Morris
Newlyweds Golda Meir and her husband Morris Meyerson in Chicago, 1918. Photo: UWM Libraries
Bowtie and Talit
#ShabbatShalom Photo: Ilyse Lefkowicz, Jill G. Mundinger
Levi Strauss
Here’s some Jewish history behind the invention of jeans. Levi Strauss was born as Loeb Strauss, to a...
Azriel and Azriel
“This is my son Azriel Rifkin (left), who is named after my Grandfather Azriel Shnay Z”L (right), a...
Leonard Fournette
Yesterday, Super Bowl Champion and NFL running back, Leonard Fournette, made a surprise visit to upstate NY at Camp...
Bess Myerson
Just months after the revelations of the Holocaust’s devastation, Bess Myerson was crowned the first (and only) Jewish...
Martin Greenfield
Happy Birthday to the world-renowned Master Tailor, Martin Greenfield! Born Maximilian Grünfeld on August 9, 1928, in Pavlovo,...
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr was considered one of the most beautiful women in Europe. She was born as Hedwig Eva...
Ken!
“How do you say yes in Hebrew?” Ken!
Zinayida Segal
“The Nazis occupied our village when I was only 12 years old. At first they didn’t realize we...
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