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The Perils of Publishing

The historian Chen Malul recounts how the strife between two Christian publishing houses in 16th century Venice led to the burning of Jewish books.

Frontispiece of Maimonides’s Mishneh Torah printed by the Guistiniani press. From the National Library of Israel collection

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Covering Their Tracks

Episode 3: The Hearing

We meet a second person connected to the SNCF deportations, Rosette Goldstein, and the fight for justice gets political

January 31, 2024

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A young Leo Bretholz is boarded onto a cattle car headed toward Auschwitz, and after a daring escape, begins the long journey toward safety, and sharing his story in America

January 24, 2024

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Jewish Self-Defense

As the scholar Netta Ehrlich shows, the history of Jewish local guard and self-defense units in Jewish communities in pre-revolutionary Russian Empire was extensive. Until now, scholars have concentrated on the ideological leanings of these groups (Zionist? Socialist? Bundist?) But, as Ehrlich shows, there were dozens such self-defense groups between the years 1900 and 1906 that conducted secret recruitment and meetings, cultivated leadership with imperial military experience, and pursued clandestine training and arms acquisition. These groups would effect the way pogroms unfolded—and, in some cases, were prevented.

Jewish Self-defense groups in Russia (1900-1906)
Jewish Self-defense groups in Russia (1900-1906)

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