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Max Liebermann frequently traveled to Amsterdam. He was attracted to the city because of its connection to Rembrandt, whom he idolized. But he came back again and again, drawn to Amsterdam’s Jewish…
Now let us see whether the economic factor has influenced the history of our people in Europe, and in what ways this influence can be seen. [ . . . ]
In the final analysis, the Jews were necessary in…
My grandfather stood six feet three in his worn-out bedroom slippers. He had a long grey beard with streaks of white running through it. When he prayed, his voice boomed like a choir as he turned the…
The Isaac (or Izaak) Synagogue in Kraków was built in 1638–1644. Sources differ about who designed the building, but it was likely either the Italian architect Francisco Olivieri or Swiss-born…
Although the troubles worsened and the city of Padua was in a state of turmoil [see Esther 3:15], there remained hope and divine mercy for the Jews, as not one person in the ghetto was dead or ill…
The houses and rooms of the inhabitants of this most famous city are one or the other of two extremes: the good ones are sumptuous houses at the height of perfection and…
The history of the Jews in the last century and a half has turned about one central fact: that of Emancipation. But what has Emancipation really meant to the Jew? The generally accepted view has it…
On the third morning, as soon as I was alone, I found the way to the mellah [in Marrakesh]. I came to an intersection where many Jews were standing around. Traffic was streaming past them and around a…
This book was submitted for publication two years ago.Considering that within the realm of Jewish history in nineteenth-century Russia there is no systematically consolidated…
My grandfather, like so many others, came to Canada by steerage from Poland in 1900 and settled down not far from Main Street in what was to become a ghetto. Here, as in the real America, the…