David Urman

This is my dad, David Urman, of blessed memory. I think of him today on Father’s Day and...

Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli at the Western Wall today following his concert in Tel Aviv.

Jerusalem, 1895

#OnThisDay June 8, 2014, the first Humans of Judaism post was shared on Instagram. To mark the milestone,...

June 5, 1967

On June 5, 1967, a war began between Israel and three neighboring countries, Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Israel’s...

Recovered Torah

Wow! A recovered Torah that was stolen/lost during the Holocaust was brought to Jerusalem this week and placed...

Lizzy and Ira Savetsky

SPOTTED: Celebrate Israel Parade on Fifth Avenue, Sunday in NYC #TogetherAgain Photo: Lizzy Savetsky

Ritchie Boys

Did you know? The Ritchie Boys was a group of German-born Jews who fled their homes, came to...

Tiby Eisen

Thelma ‘Tiby’ Eisen was born 100 years ago on May 11, 1922 and passed away on her 92nd...

Maroon 5

SPOTTED: Adam Levine at the Western Wall just ahead of the Maroon 5 concert in Tel Aviv. Photo: Moshe Mizrahi

Yom Ha’atzmaut

#YomHaatzmaut Photo: Noam Chen – Photographer | נועם חן – צלם

Tel Aviv Parade, 1949

Israel’s first Independence Day Parade passing between Allenby and Ben Yehuda Streets in Tel Aviv, May 4, 1949....

Nathan Weinberg

WOW! Holocaust survivor Nathan Weinberg at the bris of his 49th grandchild. As Weinberg holds the baby on...

Grandma Yoli’s Dress

This dress was found amongst my grandmother’s belongings after her passing. When Grandma Yoli was liberated from Dachau,...

Future of Jewish 25

Future of Jewish 25; the Jewish world’s most forward-thinking, innovative organizations in 2022. Established in 2022, JOOL’s FUTURE OF...

Remembering Anne Frank

After Auschwitz is liberated, Otto returns to Amsterdam. On his way back, he hears of Edith’s death. Back...

Hannah Tessler

“As a child, I hated soldiers in uniform. They scared me very much. I never thought there would...

April 19, 1943

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began #OnThisDay, April 19, 1943. It was the largest act of resistance carried out...

Albert Einstein

April 18, 1955, photo of Albert Einstein’s office – just as the Nobel Prize-winning physicist left it –...

Happy Passover

Happy Passover from the Old City walls of Jerusalem Source: Noam Chen – Photographer | נועם חן –...

Passover Seder 1970

Passover Seder, 1970. Photo: Ted Spiegel / CorbisSource: Smithsonian Magazine

Standing with Tel Aviv

The site of last night’s terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. We are strong. We will prevail. Am Yisrael Chai...

Dr. Sarah Halimi

Dr. Sarah Halimi (née Lucie Attal) was born in Nogent-sur-Marne, France on November 30, 1952. She was a...

Shabbat Shalom from Rostov

96 year old Anna lights Shabbat candles in Rostov, praying for peace #shabbatshalom Source: Chaim Danzinger

This Morning in Israel

This is the Israeli motorcyclist who miraculously survived yesterday’s terror attack in Bnei Brak because the terrorist’s weapon...

Streit’s Matzos

Photo 1: A Streit’s truck outside the Rivington Street factory, circa 1935. Photo 2: Students looking at matzo...

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

Condolences: Rabbi KanievskyRabbi Chaim Kanievsky was a leading authority on Jewish law and one of the greatest Torah...

Sylvette

Thinking of my mother Sylvette when I watch the desperate escape of so many of the children of...

Odessa

Mikhail Zaslavsky, pictured here by the monument for Odessa’s Jews, is one of the only known survivors of...

Welcome Home Raisa

From Odessa to Israel, Raisa, a 90 year old Holocaust survivor was reunited with her granddaughters at Ben...

Harold ‘Smoky’ Simon

Harold “Smoky” Simon, one of the first “Machalniks” (volunteers from abroad) who helped lay the foundations of the...

2/22/22

Today in Israel, Reut Globoff gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Tuesday, 2/22/22 at exactly 2:22am...

Rachel Roth

Holocaust survivor Rachel Roth was born in 1926 in Warsaw, Poland. She was just 13 when the Nazis...

L’Chaim!

I’ll drink to that! #lchaim @taffyakner

Harry Miller

Harry Miller is a two time Emmy award winner and Upper West Side resident. Back in the day...

Tel Aviv

How it started > how it’s going.

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