The Purim anthology

When Abraham Lincoln Intervened on Behalf of American Jews

One hundred sixty years ago, on the morning of April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died in Washington, D.C., from a single bullet to the head shot by John Wilkes Booth the night before. The assassination of America’s 16th president climaxed the four-year Civil War between the United States and 11 of

The Lost Seder Plates: A Glimpse of a Vanished Jewish World

Treuchtlingen, Bavaria. The year is 1928 and a quiet Seder is being held in the home of Siegfried Meyer, head of the town’s small Jewish community. The family is gathered around a lavish holiday table, with a magnificent, ornate Seder plate at its center—the pride of the family. About 14 year

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