Jewish History

Bukharan Jews are considered one of the oldest ethno-religious groups of Central Asia.

Though often confused with Sephardic Jews, Mizrahi Jews have a separate Middle Eastern heritage.

The largest Nazi extermination camp.

These organized Jewish communities exist outside the major movements.

Nowhere did Jews identify themselves more forth­rightly with the liberal avant-garde than in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

The two versions of the Talmud developed simultaneously in the two major Jewish communities of the rabbinic era.

On Tisha B’Av, Jews mourn the destruction of the Temple. But how much do you know about what it was really like?

Once Europe's largest Jewish community, Ukraine has had a major influence on the development of Ashkenazi Jewish culture.

The first Jews arrived in Sydney in 1788 and have been joined by successive waves of Jewish immigrants ever since.

Legends about Jewish pirates and a distinguished 20th-century political legacy are highlights of this Caribbean Jewish community's history.