The Jewish Diaspora, meaning the dispersion of Jews outside their ancestral homeland, was significantly shaped by religious ...

The city’s Jews chose to kill themselves rather than convert, and approximately 150 people are estimated to have died in the pogrom. Basing their designs on surviving medieval houses in York ...

The Dreyfus Affair (1894-1906) Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French officer, was falsely accused of treason. The case exposed deep ...

Simon Schama’s epic series continues with the story of medieval Jews struggling to preserve their identity — and sometimes their lives — under the rule of Christianity and Islam. Whether ...

Erfurt’s medieval Jews carried many of the same diseases associated with Ashkenazi Jews today. BERLIN (JTA) – The city of Erfurt in central Germany is home to an impeccably restored medieval ...

Designed to introduce students to the everyday lives of the Jews who lived in the German Empire, northern France, and England from the 11th to the mid-14th centuries, the volume consists of ...

“The Earliest Jewish Prayers for the Sovereign”, Transactions (Jewish Historical Society of England) (hereafter, Transactions) 4 (1903): 103. Zefira E. Rokeah, ed., Medieval English Jews and Royal ...

Likely originating from a Roman capital, the city of Manresa, Spain, has stood strong since the Middle Ages. In the centuries ...

Located in the medieval historic centre of Erfurt, the capital city of Thuringia, the property comprises three monuments: the Old Synagogue, the Mikveh, and the Stone House. They illustrate the life ...

The first complete look at the social status and daily life of medieval Jewish women. This volume, an amazing act of historical recovery and reconstruction, offers a comprehensive examination of ...

A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism. This book addresses a central question in the study of Jewish mysticism in the medieval and early modern periods: why are ...