Jewish History

How Christmas Transformed Hanukkah in America

Proximity to the popular Christian holiday caused Hanukkah to take on a new significance.

The tiny Jewish communities of the Nordic countries have been sustained by regular arrivals of Jews fleeing persecution elsewhere.

Over 33,000 Jews were murdered at this ravine in Kyiv in September, 1941.

The Nazis and their collaborators killed as many as 1.5 million children.

Jews from Arab lands are gaining more and more influence in Israeli society.

This site in Iraqi Kurdistan was a major Jewish gathering spot on Shavuot.

A history of Jerusalem since Israel's establishment.

What went wrong between the Israelis and Palestinians?

The first prime minister of the Jewish state.

Born in Ukraine and raised in America, she became Israel's first and only female prime minister.

The details of this ill-fated effort to create a two-state solution for Jews and Palestinians.

The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody.