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Tourists visit the main hall adorned with 19th-century Belgian crystal chandeliers and colorful glass lanterns at the 458-year-old Paradesi Synagogue in the historic Jew Town neighborhood of Kochi, India, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
August 7, 2026, 8:00 pm
After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive
‘Every Jew has a dream that his last breath should be in Israel,’ a Kochi resident says. ‘I believe my last breath should be inside this synagogue’
By DEEPA BHARATH
Workers restore Jewish gravestones in Damascus, 2026. (Syrian Mosaic Foundation)
June 26, 2026, 4:49 pm
Work started to restore historic Jewish cemetery in Damascus, heritage group says
Syrian Mosaic Foundation posts clip of graves being cleaned, repainted; resting place of Rabbi Nissim Nadavo, local rabbi who was with Eli Cohen before execution, said renovated
By ToI Staff
Alon Gildoni, left, and Ron Milo are the creators of 'Haggadah on the Map,' which traces the Israelites' journey as recounted in the Passover story. (Courtesy Alon Gildoni via JTA)
April 1, 2026, 4:34 pm
For Passover, an interactive map brings the haggadah down to earth
Product management expert Alon Gildoni and Weizmann Institute professor Ron Milo turn a seder table question into an interactive tool that traces the Exodus story across real-world locations
By Grace Gilson
Educator Susannah Trubman walks a group from Hunter College through the YIVO Learning and Media Center, February 11, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
March 1, 2026, 5:10 pm
As US Jews reckon with antisemitism uptick, a NY institution doubles down on education
Questions abound on whether outreach is worth the investment in today’s climate, but a recently opened center for students at YIVO institute is all-in on sharing pre-Holocaust Jewish life
By Luke Tress
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer visit the Memorial And Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, January 17, 2025. (Aleksandra Szmigiel/Pool via AP)
February 24, 2026, 1:46 pm
UK premier visits Poland with family to trace wife’s Jewish roots
Victoria Starmer’s grandparents fled rising antisemitism before WWI; decades later, the family members who stayed were killed by the Nazis
By ToI Staff
'The Recordings: Voices from the Shoah Tapes,' on view at the New York Historical, features listening stations where visitors can hear the testimony of Holocaust survivors, perpetrators and resisters, including Hillel Kook (Peter Bergson), seen in the video talking about his efforts to influence US government officials to save Europe's Jews. (JTA photo)
December 12, 2025, 4:04 am
A timely New York exhibition immerses listeners in voices from the Holocaust
Rare, unheard recordings collected by Claude Lanzmann for his monumental film ‘Shoah’ feature testimonies that still demand to be heard – and now can be, at the New York Historical
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The first immigrants to Galveston, Texas, through the Galveston Movement. (The Rosenberg Library, Galveston)
November 29, 2025, 2:59 am
Lone Star of David: How a short-lived plan saw persecuted European Jews reroot in Texas
In her new book ‘Melting Point,’ Rachel Cockerell chronicles her ancestors’ involvement in an obscure movement – exclusively in their own words
By Rich Tenorio
In her new book, 'As a Jew,' Sarah Hurwitz argues how Jews can reclaim a tradition that has too often been shaped by others' prejudices and ignorance. (HarperOne via JTA)
October 15, 2025, 4:24 am
Sarah Hurwitz wants Diaspora Jews to stop apologizing and reclaim their story
In her new book ‘As a Jew,’ the former White House speechwriter confronts the challenges of appreciating Jewish tradition at a time of rising antisemitism and a polarizing debate over Israel
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Illustrative photo of podcasters. (Fenton Roman/iStock by Getty Images)
September 18, 2025, 1:57 am
Podcasts, going off-script, now fertile ground for antisemitic sophistry, critics warn
As long-form podcasts and other types of alternative media bring Holocaust denial and anti-Zionist revisionism to fresh audiences, a newcomer to the field aims to correct the record
By Luke Tress
A still of an animation from 'Theodor Herzl - The Man Behind Israel.' (Courtesy)
July 18, 2025, 4:10 pm
What would Herzl say about Israel today? A new documentary takes an educated guess
‘Theodor Herzl – The Man Behind Israel’ sees comic David Baddiel on the road, tracing the father of Zionism’s life. With voice acting by Stephan Fry, it premiered this month in the UK
By Lianne Kolirin
Beth Joseph Synagogue in Tupper Lake, New York, July 28, 2024. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
July 11, 2025, 3:33 am
NY’s rural 120-year-old ‘Peddlers’ Synagogue’ charts new path — without a congregation
Beth Joseph in the Adirondack Mountains is a monument to Jews’ role on the American frontier. Those with ties to its former Jewish community will gather on July 13 to honor its birthday
By Luke Tress
Detail from a newspaper illustration of Nathaniel Isaacs's colony in Matakong. (Courtesy of Adam Rovner)
April 26, 2025, 8:26 am
How a 19th-century British Jew became a Zulu chieftain and slaveholding warlord
In new book ‘The Jew Who Would Be King,’ historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived a shipwreck and went on to a life of wealth, adventure and corruption
By Rich Tenorio
Adam LeBor, author of 'Last Days of Budapest.' (Courtesy Zoltan Tuba)
April 22, 2025, 2:38 am
New book portrays a chaotic Budapest just before the Holocaust reached Hungary
‘Last Days of Budapest’ by Adam LeBor features oblivious politicians, Zionist forgers, courageous diplomats and murderous priests in a sad but true history of the Hungarian capital
By Robert Philpot
Beniamin Levishvili, 23, is the gabbai of the ancient synagogue in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia. His late father Simon and grandfather Ioseb Levishvili held the position before him. (Sofia Poznansky)
April 18, 2025, 8:23 am
In Georgia, a 23-year-old maintains a venerable synagogue, the last remnant of his community
Soviet repression caused most Georgian Jews to flee, leaving behind a 2,500-year-old history whose memory is beginning to fade. In his village, one young man seeks to preserve it
By Sofia Poznansky
Streit's co-owners Aaron Gross, far left, and Aron Yagoda, far right, give two young visitors a tour of the matzah factory. (Courtesy Streit's via JTA)
April 11, 2025, 4:36 am
How your matzah gets made: A peek inside NY’s Streit’s factory
First opened in New York’s Lower East Side a century ago, the US bakery now supplies ritual Passover flat breads to seder tables as far away as Europe, South Africa and Israel
By Joseph Strauss
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