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...