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In the fall of 1861, New Orleans suffered many shortages, including a ritual object central to Sukkot. Rabbi Bernard Illowy improvised a solution. Wikimedia Commons
April 29, 2020, 10:28 am
In the year of the plague: lessons from Civil War New Orleans
Halachic flexibility, then and now
By Jerome A. Chanes
Holocaust Museum Houston, which opened in 1996. Photos courtesy HMH
April 14, 2020, 6:32 pm
Shoah museums telling a multicultural story
Holocaust educators now stressing connections with the harsh experiences of other ethnic groups
By Steve Lipman
Holocaust Museum Houston, which opened in 1996. Photos courtesy HMH
April 14, 2020, 6:30 pm
‘The students need to know’
By Steve Lipman
David Friedmann’s “Death March from Camp Gleiwitz I to Camp Blechhammer,” 1947. Oil on canvas. Copyright @1989 Miriam Friedman Morris.
January 22, 2020, 12:06 pm
Pew survey suggests Shoah becoming history for most Americans
But Holocaust education, museums, may stem the rise of anti-Semitism
By Jed Weisberger and Stewart Ain
Middle school orientation for students, from left, Liem Ayish of Toms River, Hailey Natenzon of Colts Neck, and Aviva Schonbrun of Deal. Photos courtesy Hebrew Academy
December 9, 2019, 11:56 am
Hebrew Academy celebrates 40 years of ‘raising Jewish leaders’
By Debra Rubin
Discussing the transcription of texts from the Cairo Geniza are Haim Soicher and Louise Sandburg. “It’s amazing to be able to do this,” Soicher said.Photos by Michele Alperin
November 27, 2019, 12:21 pm
Pitching in to unlock mysteries of Cairo Geniza
Volunteers transcribe fragments of ancient documents
By Michele Alperin
Emerson Lederman hands a rescued Torah scroll from Temple Sinai to Peter Fleischmann during a ceremony at Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains. Photos by Johanna Ginsberg
November 6, 2019, 11:25 am
Six congregations join together to mark Kristallnacht
Honor paid to Torah scrolls rescued from former Czechoslovakia
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Rabbi Joseph Gelberman — the Jewish Center’s first full-time religious leader — who was hired in 1955, leads a service for youngsters in the sukkah in 1958. Photos courtesy The Jewish Center
September 9, 2019, 11:19 am
The Jewish Center at 70
A celebration of the past with a look toward the future
The Ford Mansion at Morristown National Park was built in 1773, and General George Washington established it as his headquarters in 1789-90.
July 24, 2019, 11:15 am
Historic patriotism of Morristown Jews on display
Dresser purportedly owned by John Hancock donated to Morristown Historical Park in 1940s
By Jed Weisberger
Lester Bornstein is embraced by the consul general of France, after she pinned on him the French Legion of Honor medal during a June 14 ceremony. Marilyn Bornstein stands next to her husband; looking on (between the consul general and Bornstein) is Michael Oren, the Bornsteins’ son. Photos by Johanna Ginsberg
June 26, 2019, 11:07 am
Local war hero awarded France’s highest honor
Lester Bornstein fought in Europe after D-Day landing
By Johanna R Ginsberg
The entrance to the Auschwitz Gate Photo by Iciar Palacios © Musealia
May 8, 2019, 11:53 am
‘Auschwitz didn’t just happen’
Ambitious show about the notorious death camp speaks to current moment; could signal new direction for Museum of Jewish Heritage
By Sandee Brawarsky
Eva Vogel, left, and Susan Stein of Morristown, both participants in the Drew University writing workshop, at a Holocaust symposium in April held at the College of Saint Elizabeth. Photo by Johanna Ginsberg
May 1, 2019, 12:42 pm
The Shoah’s impact on the next generation
Rising 2G community considers their own experiences to better understand their survivor parents
By Johanna R Ginsberg
As a child in Germany, Erwin Ganz saw his house ransacked by Hitler Youth during Kristallnacht. Photos courtesy David Schwartz
May 1, 2019, 12:31 pm
Synagogue produces filmed chronicle of Shoah survivors
Students interview area residents who lived through Nazi brutality
By Jed Weisberger
Martin J. Raffel
April 29, 2019, 3:26 pm
The A-bomb: Does necessity equal morality?
Part 2 of 2
By Martin J. Raffel
In a World Jewish Restitution Organization video, Holocaust survivor Greta Mares says the Nazis came and took “everything of value” from her family. WJRO
April 24, 2019, 11:12 am
New push for Polish property restitution
Pressure by WJRO comes as Poland balks on payments to non-citizens
By Stewart Ain
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