Jewish History

On October 16, 1946, ten of the highest-ranking Nazi officers of Hitler's Germany were put to death. Three more were given life sentences (Rudolf Hess, the last surviving relic of the trials, died in Spandau Prison in 1987 at the age of 93), four were imprisoned for...

It is customary to commemorate the destruction of both the first and the second Temples with mourning and fasting on the 9th day of the 5th month. The Bible provides two dates for the destruction of the 1st Temple. In 2 Kings 25:8-9 it says that this took place on the...

Sundown tonight marks the beginning of the 17th day of the 4th month on the Hebrew calendar (17 Tammuz). This day is the beginning of a 3 week period leading up to the 9th day of the 5th month (9 Av). This period is called Bein HaMetzarim (Between the Straights)....

1973 had hardly arrived when Lyndon B. Johnson, our 36th President, died on January 22 at the age of 64. Johnson, who died two days after Richard Nixon’s second inauguration was the second former President to die within the span of two months. Former President Harry...