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Jewish History & the Holocaust

Istorya Djudiya i la Shoa · 21 articles

Jewish History & the Holocaust
  1. This Is Nes Gadol: One More Who Was Saved from the Ship StrumaEl Amaneser · no. 179 · 8 January 2020Mr Arnold 'Noli' Engler was born in Czernowitz, Romania, in 1927. Noli was the only son of the Jewish Engler family. In 1940 they moved to…
  2. The Jews in the Conquest of IstanbulEl Amaneser · no. 186 · 12 August 2020One of the first things Sultan Mehmet did in Istanbul was to look after the population of Istanbul and improve the state of misery the city…
  3. A Jewish GladiatorEl Amaneser · no. 198 · 11 August 2021In the archaeological excavations at Pompeii, Italy, a helmet was found with, on its front, a menorah — or rather a palm tree with seven branches,…
  4. HolocaustŞalom · 26 January 202227 January is the international day of remembrance of the murder of the Jews by the German Nazis, because in 1945 the armies of the Soviet…
  5. Jews in Asia MinorŞalom · 16 February 2022A short while ago we visited an exhibition held in the old Zülfaris synagogue, showing us the places where Jews lived in today's Turkey, formerly called…
  6. Jewish ChocolateŞalom · 23 February 2022In the book 'The Jewish Chocolate Recipes of the World', written by Michael Leventhal, it is said that the role of the Jew in chocolate is…
  7. Sephardic Culture in the Ottoman EmpireEl Amaneser · no. 208 · 8 June 2022The Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain, on coming to the Ottoman Empire, settled for the most part in Istanbul, Edirne, İzmir, Salonika, Aleppo, Damascus (Sham), Baghdad,…
  9. Tintin in HaifaŞalom · 29 June 2022After the 'Tintin' book came out in Ladino, another Tintin was found, with his adventure in Haifa. Suddenly an announcement was heard: 'Residents of the Land…
  10. Byzantine Laws on the JewsEl Amaneser · no. 209 · 20 July 2022Until the Emperor Constantine the Great arrived, the Jews felt no complaint at being minorities in their own lands. When Constantine the Great decided to free…
  11. The Samurai Who Saved Thousands of Jews from the NazisŞalom · 27 July 2022In general, when a tragedy happens, many look for a positive side; they seek heroes and their sacrifices. In the pantheon of heroes of the Shoah…
  12. Forgiving Baruch SpinozaŞalom · 10 August 2022The 27th of July 1656 was the day they took the decision to excommunicate — to pronounce the herem on — the young Baruch for ideas…
  13. Adolf EichmannŞalom · 25 January 2023In 1961, in Jerusalem, there was one of the most important trials in the history of the Jewish people: the trial of Adolf Eichmann. This German…
  14. Paris: The House of CamondoEl Amaneser · no. 216 · 8 February 2023In the 8th arrondissement of Paris there is a beautiful park called Parc Monceau, along the avenue Monceau. Near this elegant park is the Nissim de…
  15. The KhazarsEl Amaneser · no. 217 · 8 March 2023The name Kuzarim (Khazars) was given to a Turkic tribe that entered world history and in a few centuries disappeared from history without leaving a trace,…
  17. The Khazar CorrespondenceEl Amaneser · no. 219 · 10 May 2023The Khazar correspondence is the communication between Hasdai ben Ezra ben Yitzhak ibn Shaprut, the unofficial foreign minister of Abd al-Rahman III, Caliph of Córdoba in…
  18. Mount MoriahEl Amaneser · no. 226 · 13 December 2023General history is full of events in which the Jews were sometimes able to go up to this mount of the Beit ha-Mikdash, and sometimes were…
  19. The Nuremberg TribunalEl Amaneser · no. 231 · 8 May 2024At the Nuremberg tribunal some 200 people from the German government, the army, doctors and businessmen were tried as criminals for what they did in the…
  20. Ivan MoscovichŞalom · 24 July 2024Ivan Moscovich was born in 1926 in Novi Sad, a city of what was then Yugoslavia. His Jewish parents were from Hungary. His fame comes from…
  21. Killing HitlerŞalom · 14 August 2024In 1933 some American Jews made plans to kill Hitler. The American authorities, who learned of this, were worried, thinking it could be an international scandal…
  22. The SynagogueEl Amaneser · no. 237 · 13 November 2024We know that the Synagogue was the religious and social centre of the Jewish community, holding the Jewish people together in a united community after the…
  23. Jews in SpainEl Amaneser · no. 242 · 16 April 2025There are many legends that speak of the Jewish presence in Spain, and the oldest legend tells us that the Jews began to go to Spain…