Identical twin sisters Iudit Barnea and Lia Huber (nées Tchengar)were transported to Auschwitz in 1944 where they suffered the infamous medical experiments of Josef Mengele.
Jane Haining was a rural farmer’s daughter from Dumfriesshire, Scotland who excelled in foreign languages in school and started her career in the threadmaking industry before a love for the Jewish…
Simchat Torah comes after the conclusion of the Feast of Tabernacles, and references “rejoicing in the Torah,” which is certainly depicted in the lighthearted video below:
Each year at Purim whenever the Book of Esther is read and Haman’s name comes up, it is customary to drown out the sound of his name with shaking of groggers (or more creatively in some…
Lamentations is considered one of the five megillot (scrolls) in the Hebrew Bible along with the Books of Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth, and Ecclesiastes which collectively comprise the Ketuvim, or…
The Fountainheads, a group of Israeli student musicians known for many songs associated with the Jewish holidays composed this “hip-hop/gospel tribute to religious freedom” in the following work,…
Popeye Purim.Join us for an enjoyable and fun Popeye Purim play as Popeye Mordecai beats Brutus Haman and wins the day for Queen Olive Oyl Esther and all the Jewish people in King Wimpy’s kingdom.
On June 7, 1967, Israel's leaders were poised to do the unthinkable: to recapture Jerusalem and bring the city under Jewish control for the first time in nearly 2500 years.