Jewish History

The creation of a Jewish existentialism--and a Jewish state.

The Israeli prime minister was assassinated on Nov. 4, 1995.

Modern Hebrew culture made of Hanukkah a celebration of the new, self-reliant Jew.

When the Rosenbergs were charged with spying, American Jews feared an anti-Semitic backlash.

Amsterdam became a haven for Jewish refugees from the Inquisition.

The site where hundreds of Jews held out against a Roman siege has become a modern symbol of Jewish heroism.

The third-largest Jewish community in the world has undergone alternating periods of achievement and persecution.

The largest Jewish community in Latin America has struggled through the economic and political upheavals of the 20th century.

The territories of the former Russian Empire were the cradle of Jewish modernity, the birthplace of Zionism and Jewish socialism, and a major center of the Hasidic movement.

A former Soviet dissident, Sharansky spent nine years in prison and became the face of the movement to free Jews living under communism.

Home to some of the worst antisemitic incidents in European history, British Jews have also found England to be one of the most philo-semitic countries of modern times.