Jewish History

Born in Tel Aviv and closely connected to the Gur Hasidic dynasty, Dr. Yitzhak Alfasi leaves behind dozens of books and exceptional historical studies that earned him immense respect in both academic and religious circles.

A 725 kg granite block commemorates Judah Philip Benjamin, the only Jew in the Confederate cabinet and a supporter of slavery. After the Black Lives Matter protests, the monument was removed, and now no one knows whether to display it or leave it in the dark next to a vacuum cleaner in New Orleans.

Almost 500 years after becoming one of the most influential women in the Jewish world, Doña Gracia is at the center of a new musical play starring Leila Malkos, which combines Ladino, history, and a story about power, identity, and female leadership.

Over the past two years, the difficult question arises again: will we live by the sword forever? This requires not just a binary answer, but a deep understanding of historical reality. It is about the consciousness we must develop to maintain our freedom and protect ourselves in the long term.

Margers Vestermanis, a survivor of the Riga Ghetto and one of the founders of modern research on Latvian Jewry and the Holocaust in the country, has passed away at the age of 100. For decades, he engaged in documenting, researching, and commemorating the Jewish community and received state decorations.