B’nai B’rith International

The History of Wooden Synagogues The aesthetics and the spirit of Europe’s long-vanished wooden synagogues constructed in the villages and settlements of Eastern Europe from the 17th to the early...

 Halsman’s Photos at George Washington University Jumps well with others. Allen Funt, Durward Kirby, Marilyn Van Debur, 1960.Photographer: Phillipe Halsman. Courtesy: © Halsman Archive/Luther W....

Emma Lazarus, who left her legacy as the poet of “The New Colossus,” read by thousands at the base of the Statue of Liberty, is a shining light linked to both Jewish American heritage and United...

Archivist Cheryl Kempler explores how two New York City exhibits—Jonathan Adler’s vibrant retrospective and “Anne Frank: The Exhibition”—highlight Jewish creativity, memory and the meaning of home.

Cheryl Kempler explores the 2025 season’s Jewish opera highlights, from Mason Bates’ “Kavalier & Clay” at the Metropolitan Opera to Kurt Weill’s rarely performed “The Silver Lake” at the Chicago...

In 2023, the National Library of Israel (NLI) was relocated from its home (established in 1925 at the Mt. Scopus campus of Hebrew University) to new headquarters adjacent to the Knesset in the heart...

Anyone who has read about or looked at Judaica quickly realizes how little knowledge we possess about these artifacts, even after decades of serious research. This is due to a variety of factors,...

In a Jewish Telegraphic Agency blog published in July, literary scholar Seth Rogoff lamented the vacuity of a generation whose social media posts proliferate with tributes and memes in homage to the...

Archivist Cheryl Kempler writes about American Jewish violinist Johnny Gandelsman, who earned a 2024 MacArthur Fellowship.