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In the initial stages of their academic journey, aspiring historians often learn the importance of approaching their work with impartiality, a concept

Since before the 18th century, Jewish folk melodies have had a rich, unexpected influence on musical composition

One of the largest single expulsions of Jews since Roman times occurred in May, 1915.

In the town of Kuzhi, the local Jews were accused of hiding German troops in their homes prior to a German attack on that town.

From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel

Barry Trachtenberg studies how the “The General Encyclopedia” aka *Di Algemeyne Entsiklopedye,* preserved the story of Jewish culture.

From the blog of Jim Wald at The Times of Israel

In his new book, Gennady Estraikh writes that the Forverts was once heavily influenced by the Russian Jewish intelligentsia.

American Jews like me grew up in with an incomprehensible loss of language and living Jewish culture. But those ‘flown letters,’ targeted for erasure by the Holocaust and Soviet repression, are now coming home

Part I What is the connection between a city in Spain, two Jewish martyrs, a moralist rabbi, and a socialist activist? This has been misattributed to Calahora when in fact it is a drawing of the famous Yashar of Candia.