Famous jews in history

Actors, leaders, Holocaust survivors among 18 notable Jews who died in 2025

Despite its grief, the Jewish world also took time to celebrate the lives lived by a constellation of figures who made lasting contributions to film, architecture, politics, and Jewish scholarship.

18 notable Jews who died in 2025.
Morton Sher's fighter plane was shot down in 1943.

82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot Morton Sher is laid to rest

A fan takes a photo of a Barbie doll at the world premiere of the film "Barbie" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 9, 2023

Is Barbie Jewish? The complex Jewish history of the doll, explained

The Western Wall

Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel: A new look at corona conspiracies


The POSTman Knocks Twice: Yitzhak Rabin, man of contradictions

On the outside, this was a gruff and dour man, without a saving social grace; Rabin I see with a cigarette and a scotch and soda and a grim, closed face.

Slain Israeli Prime Minister Rabin with former US President Bill Clinton and former PLO President Yasser Arafat after signing the Oslo Accords at the White House on September 13, 1993.

Miss Violet’s piano

“Someone is playing my piano.” She raised herself on her elbows, felt a creak in her lower back, and looked down at her research assistant.

Miss Violet’s piano

Rethinking Judaism: Great leaders take great risks

When the Jewish people have great leadership, times of great uncertainty have become times of opportunity and transformation.

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The ‘Titanic’: Docking in Tel Aviv!

A glimpse into the lives of survivors and victims of the wreck.

Titanic exhibit.

The Tisch: A legacy of hassidic tales

The history of printing hassidic stories.

Hassidic tales - King Solomon

6 historical sites in Jerusalem

Taking a look at 'modern history' on offer in the Holy City

Carts used for an artists' market are under a tent set up for winter at the First Station.

Two novelists

Norman Mailer and Philip Roth often made the American Jewish community squirm.

Philip Roth in New York, 2010

Top 50 most influential Jews 2013: Places 41-50

Dr. Ruth Westheimer may be 84 years old and come from an Orthodox home in Germany, but she still offers one of the most progressive voices on sexual health and happiness for all ages.

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Ruth Dayan: A return to Nahalal

"My life was like James Bond. I never knew what the day would bring." Moshe Dayan's ex-wife visits her old circle on its 90th anniversary.

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