Long Island Press

New documentary celebrates Long Island’s Jewish history

The Jewish Historical Society of Long Island has released a documentary to kick off the celebration of the Jewish community’s 150th anniversary on Long Island. Brad Kolodny, president of the Jewish ...
The Lima News

Jewish Virtual Library digitizes Lima’s Jewish history

LIMA — The Jewish Virtual Library has recently digitized an extensive history of Lima’s Jewish community. According to Austin Reid, writer and historian based in Rochester, N.Y., the national ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.

Retiring from the classroom after 50 years in academia, every journalist’s favorite Jewish historian is enjoying a victory lap. Journalists I know joke that the only Jewish historian they ever need to ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

What happened to relics of Syria’s Jewish history? Assad’s collapse spurs efforts to assess the damage.

(JTA) — The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened up a sea of uncertainty about Syria’s future — and about the treasures of its past, including the remnants of its Jewish history. Well ...
The Forward

It was the wildest scheme in American Jewish history. 200 years later, should it be remembered as a failure?

Exactly 200 years ago, on September 15, 1825, a self-governing Jewish colony was ceremonially dedicated on Grand Island in northern New York State, just a few miles downstream from Buffalo on the ...