Maurice de Hirsch thought of his immense wealth as 'a sacred trust,' historian Matthias B. Lehmann writes, that he must use to ensure the survival of Jews worldwide.
Anne Berest’s work of autofiction is now available to English readers in a translation that captures the author’s poetic language and compelling story.
Jennifer Rosner hauntingly evokes in her new work the inner and outer lives of those who, as children, were displaced, stolen and hidden during World War II.
Read about the vacation homes of Rabbi Solomon Schechter and of the Jewish Theological Seminary and Macy’s owner Nathan Strauss in "The Jewish History of Tannersville.