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Elie Wiesel pictured in his office, from where much of the archive material was culled. (IJN file photo)

Florida museum lands Wiesel trove

For about a year, officials at the Florida Holocaust Museum (FHM) in downtown St. Petersburg kept a closely guarded secret that the museum was seeking to become the...

‘Sleep influencer’ wakes people up to posture

I’d never given a moment’s thought to my “sleep posture.” I’d never even heard the expression before I met James Leinhardt at Levitex Sleep, a company that has...

Spiritual defense — ‘Partners in Protection’

Elad ben Batya is the Hebrew name of the soldier, likely serving in Gaza during the last few months, in whose merit Terri Moore, a third-generation Jewish resident of...

Ex-commando turned chasid bridges divide

With an M16 over his shoulder and a pistol and walkie-talkie at his waist, his long black coat and fur hat worn by some chasidic Jews in place, Asaf Peleg turns heads as...

They can’t keep Shabbat in Gaza, so we’ll do it

Through Shabbat 4 Soldier, Toronto households are keeping Shabbat — most for the first time — for soldiers who are fighting in Gaza.

At the shiva home of Ben Zussman

Personal essay from Israel: Visits to two shiva homes, including that of Ben Zussman, reveal the fabric of the Jewish people. When we blend together as one nation, we...

Frozen in time

A pocket watch, frozen in time when the Titanic sank, sold at auction Nov. 18 for £83,000 ($101,600).

Unity of mind, and action, sweeps across Israel

Israel is experiencing an unprecedented, overwhelming force of unity. What does it look like? 
 For starters, this is not a unity of words and platitudes. This time,...

Memorializing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy transformed US labor law and the building that housed the factory, now a New York University science building, was designated a...

Etrog — the wandering fruit

Together with Warren Klein, the curator of the Bernard Museum of Judaica at Temple Emanu-El, and Sharon Liberman Mintz, Josh Teplitsky’s probing into the history, use,...