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1 day ago · After World War II most American Jews left densely settled neighborhoods for the suburbs and Sun Belt cities. In the early 21st century most metropolitan areas in the United States are home to a wide range of loosely linked Jewish religious congregations and secular associations. Greater New York remains the preeminent center of American Jewish ...
5 days ago · While July 4, 1776, was designated as the new nation’s birthday, for the 2,000 Jews then dwelling in the United States, it was a parade in Philadelphia 12 years later – on July 4, 1788 ...
1 day ago · E. P. Thompson famously wrote in the preface to his classic work, The Making of the English Working Class, that the purpose of history should be to rescue the hitherto anonymous proletarian “from the enormous condescension of posterity.” 1 Geoffrey Levin’s Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948–78 contains precious few proletarians.
2 days ago · "Jewish History Explained" offers an in-depth look into the rich and complex history of the Jewish people, tracing their journey from ancient times to the present day. This documentary breaks down significant events that shaped Judaism, including the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the subsequent Diaspora, and the adaptation of Jews in various countries.
1 day ago · Set in the early 1990s, the story follows a divorced New York journalist (Dunham) who joins her Jewish father (Stephen Fry), a British-Jewish Birkenau camp survivor, on a journey to his homeland ...
4 days ago · Jewish history is the history of the Jews, their nation, religion, and culture, as it developed and interacted with other peoples, religions, and cultures. Jews originated from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah, two related kingdoms that emerged in the Levant during the Iron Age.
6 days ago · Jewish Life Stories: A refusenik who found literary freedom in America, and a rabbi’s wife who died after giving birth to twins By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 19, 2024 10:05 am Most Recent
