The four episode docuseries spans five centuries of Jewish and Black American relations, from the slave trade to Oct. 7.

Rabbi Berel Wein's impact on the Jewish world blossomed not only from his films, books, and audio lectures, but also the founding and leadership of institutions. Jewish scholar, historian, and leader ...

Chen’s son Sagui spent 498 days in captivity in Gaza after he was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz, a kibbutz in southern Israel, ...

Even as a youngster attending Camp Ramah in the 1960s, Jonathan Sarna ’75, GSAS MA’75, H’25, was nicknamed “Professor” by his fellow campers, who must have sensed his scholarliness. They were right.

For over a century, scholars have argued that the passage was partially or entirely forged by later Christian scribes. Critics point to phrases like “He was the Christ” and “He appeared alive again on ...

(RNS) — Despite both having a history of persecution, the groups’ alliance has repeatedly been tested.

Journalists I know joke that the only Jewish historian they ever need to call is Jonathan Sarna. Jews and the Civil War? Sarna knows where the bodies are buried. Need a quote about Jews and bagels?

The documentary, hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., traces years of alliance and rupture — but its false binary perpetuates ...

Jewish historian Neil Keller will share stories and bring personal items of Jewish athletes who struggled to stay alive during the Holocaust at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 16, in the Elgin Room at the Main ...

PBS' four-part documentary on the Black and Jewish experience in America, presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr., examines how ...

In late 2023, New York City Education Department officials approached historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela to be the lead scholar on a new curriculum focused on Jewish American history. The project ...