Braun Professor of American Jewish History Emeritus at Brandeis University. He also is the past president of the Association ...

As the 250th anniversary celebrations reach a fever pitch this summer across the country, an innovative new course at ...

Despite recurring crises and global hostility, Jewish history is framed as ending not in decline but in renewal and survival.

History matters. Facts matter. Identity matters. And when history is rewritten for political purposes, everyone loses. One of ...

Through a conversation about education, Jewish identity, and the place of Jews in American history, we consider why richer ...

San Diego Jews of Color (JoC) will convene Jews of African, Asian, Indigenous, Latin, Mizrahi, and Sephardic descent will ...

As a moment in time, the Oct. 7 massacre was, paradoxically, an event both anomalous and familiar, at once exceptional and routine. It was horrifying and shocking to the extreme, yet, given the ...

The US is no guarantee against hate, but it also isn't a manifestation of the latest oppressive empire. America’s DNA is ...

On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, “We the people” prepare to flood America’s suburban neighborhoods, from the mountains to the prairies, with firecrackers, star-spangled swimsuits and the smell ...

Tours of synagogues and meetings with religious leaders highlight renewed interest in Jewish history and unresolved questions ...

(The Forward) NEW ORLEANS — A Reform synagogue on the Mardi Gras route — with no dues and fluid denominational lines — is a ...