The ardent Zionist and devoted Jewish civil servant died last week at age 100
Collection includes letter from Albert Einstein and a dress worn at Ellis Island
In 1941, Gertrude van Tijn traveled to Lisbon in a last-ditch effort to save Europe’s Jews from annihilation. She was already too late.
Why couldn’t Soviet Jews see the dictator—who died 60 years ago—for the anti-Semitic murderer that he was?
Evangelical Christians send students around the world to help the needy. Jews should do the same, extending tikkun olam beyond our community.
Plus Weisz and Aronofsky call it quits, and more
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