Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The real Jewish history in Mel Brooks’ and Hulu’s ‘History of the World, Part II’

Spoilers for “History of the World: Part II” follow. (JTA) – Finally fulfilling the promise Mel Brooks made in 1981, the long-belated “History Of The World, Part II” brings us … “Hitler on Ice.” For a ...
The Malta Independent

Tracing the history of the Jewish community in Malta: from early times to World War Two

The history of the Jews in Malta is one of the lesser-known stories across Maltese history - but while never anywhere near being in majority in these islands, the story of the Jews and Malta is one ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

‘Bad Jews’ describes a history of American Jewish infighting

(JTA) — The history of Jewish identity and politics in America has been told as a triumph of spiritual renewal (“A Certain People,” Charles Silberman, 1986), as an overdue flexing of political muscle ...
The Michigan Daily

An exploration of Jewish friendship across time and borders

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is courtesy of Ruto Modan for The New Yorker Magazine “What does it even mean to be ...
The Christian Century

When Judaism became Judaism

Yonatan Adler posits a convincing thesis, tightly and compellingly argued, that widespread observance of Pentateuchal legislation by Judeans—or what we now call Judaism—emerged no earlier than the ...
Washington Examiner

The modern American history of Orthodox Judaism’s thriving

In the 1950s, the future of American Orthodox Judaism looked so gloomy that the prominent sociologist Marshall Sklare predicted its imminent extinction. Sklare’s ominous forecast could not have proved ...
Jewish Journal

The Return to Jewish History

As a moment in time, the Oct. 7 massacre was, paradoxically, an event both anomalous and familiar, at once exceptional and routine. It was horrifying and shocking to the extreme, yet, given the ...