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29 Sivan 5786 | June 14, 2026

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March 2026
Edition 130

Modern Jewish History

Berliner Konfektion: Jews and fashion

For decades, Berlin's consecration as one of the great centers of European fashion was deliberately excluded from history. The resulting silence was not accidental: it accompanied the systematic destruction of an industry whose

The Mortara case

Bologna, 1858. Officials from the Papal States knock on the door of a Jewish family. In their hands they have an order from the Inquisition: to take away Edgardo, one of the eight children of Momolo and Mariana Mortara. The claim: the boy had been baptized

Renaissance of the Hebrew language

The revival of the Hebrew language and its transformation into a modern language are due to Jewish intellectuals, writers and philosophers from the Diaspora who participated in the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalá) movement, which began in the 19th century in

The forgotten exodus from Arab countries

Jews from Lebanon, Syria and Egypt are the main components of Brazil's Sephardic community. But how and why they arrived in this country is a mystery to most Brazilians –

Jews of Kiev: from the 8th century. 1917 to the Russian Revolution of XNUMX

This is not the first time that Ukraine has been forced to face Russia, with Kiev as the scene of bloody struggles. Nor is this the first time that Jews have experienced days of terror,

The Enigma Ethel

In June 1953, the Jewish couple Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were electrocuted in a New York prison, convicted of espionage for the Soviet Union. This tragic execution to this day

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