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Derfner Judaica Museum Presents “Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth” Exhibit

Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale is pleased to announce Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth, jointly organized with...

Memory Unearthed: Exhibition of Lodz Ghetto Photographs by Henryk Ross to Open at Museum of Jewish Heritage

Photographs taken clandestinely and hidden from the Nazis Photographs forbidden by the Nazis that show the horrors and complexities of life in the Lodz Ghetto...

Music of the Butterfly: A Story of Hope

Every once in a while one encounters a book that is, simultaneously: deeply moving and critically important. “Music of the Butterfly” is such a...

Rabbi Joseph Karasick’s Memoir is Released by OU Press

OU Press announces the publication of Thirteen Steps—Orthodox Judaism in America Comes of Age: My Life and Times by Rabbi Joseph Karasick. Rabbi Karasick,...

New Netflix Series to Focus on Death of Prosecutor Albert Nisman

On July18, 1994, 85 Argentinians were killed and 300 wounded in a bombing attack on Buenos Aires Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA). The bombing...

Clint Eastwood’s “The 15:17 to Paris” Pays Tribute to Authentic American Heroes

In August of 2015, Moroccan national Ayoub El Khazzani boarded a Paris-bound train with an AK-47, a pistol, more than 300 rounds of ammunition,...

Orthodox Jews in WWII Shanghai: New Exhibit Reveals Stories of Rescue, Refuge, & Rebirth During the Holocaust

Amud Aish Memorial Museum has launched Precious Gift: Rescue and Shanghai, an exhibition and educational program for schools and private groups. During World War...

Orthodox Union Releases ‘Megillat Esther Mesorat HaRav’

Just in time for Purim, Megillat Esther Mesorat HaRav, published by OU Press and Koren Publishers, is a welcome addition to the literature about...

New Book Explores Why the Jewish People Play Such a Huge Role in History

When John F. Kennedy was a young man he told his mother, Rose Kennedy, that he wanted to be an actor. She answered, “Why...

New Jewish Documentary Shows Power of Kindness & Brotherly Love

The subject of kidney donation, and more specifically, two Jewish participants from very different walks of life, is explored in a new documentary, Match...

Israeli Fans to Sue BDS Activists over Cancelled “Lorde” Concert

An Israeli legal rights group has said it is suing two New Zealanders for allegedly convincing the pop singer Lorde to cancel her performance...

Louvre Puts 31 Nazi-Looted Paintings on Display in Hopes to Find Rightful Owners

The Louvre Museum is putting 31 paintings on permanent display in an effort to find the rightful owners of those and other works of...

Novelist Nicole Krauss to Deliver Hillel Rogoff Memorial Lecture on February 6

Internationally bestselling Jewish novelist Nicole Krauss will deliver this year’s Hillel Rogoff Memorial Lecture, scheduled for February 6 at 7 p.m. in the Israel...

“No Resting Place—Holocaust Poland” Sears and Stuns as it Probes

No Resting Place/Holocaust Poland achieves searing power to illuminate the dark burning reality of Nazi concentration camps in Poland. Merely holding this volume burns...

Film ‘1945’ Brings Property Restitution Issue to Public Attention

Many Hungarians ‘Confronting Past for the First Time’ The World Jewish Restitution Organization proudly announced that the critically acclaimed film “1945” and its director Ferenc...

HBO Film “The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm” Introduces Holocaust History to New Generation at NY’s Museum of Jewish Heritage

A new installation features the HBO and Museum of Jewish Heritage documentary The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm and presents acclaimed artist Jeff Scher’s original...

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