History

Yesterday, the ISJL hosted students from Operation Understanding, an organization whose mission is to develop a group of young African ...

On July 27, the 29th of Tammuz, I will observe the 909th yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Yizhaki, better known as ...

I am Jewish. I am a historian. And, as my name attests—I am also Cajun French, so I was most ...

I am coming up on my one-year anniversary of working at the Jewish Women’s Archive.  It’s a pleasant shock that ...

“Yes,” I told the baffled American immigration official, “I was in Belarus for a roots trip.” But this in no ...

This is my first week as the historian for the ISJL. I’ve been so warmly welcomed here—and am already finding connections ...

The fifth of the Ten Commandments states: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in ...

Today’s blog is by Gabe Weinstein, a 2013 ISJL Summer Intern in the History Department.  He now lives in Angel Fire, New ...

I recently solved a history mystery, and it started with a tiny pencil.I was looking through a box of old ...

The 270-plus community histories in the ISJL’s Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities contain countless stories of Jewish-owned businesses. Often, these ...