Why Were the Jews Persecuted?
Tim Black seeks to understand the origins of antisemitism, looking beyond the Holocaust to the ancient Middle East and medieval Europe.
Judaism
Academic Antisemitism: The Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen and the Jews
Tim Grady explores life for the teachers and students in a Bavarian university in the 1920s and 1930s.
Holocaust Memorial Day in Britain
David Cesarani reflects on the past, present and future of education about genocide and bigotry.
William III Knights Solomon de Medina
The financier Solomon de Medina was knighted on 23 June 1700, at Hampton Court Palace.
The Dutch, the Germans and the Jews
Jan Herman Brinks examines the Dutch myth of resistance and finds collaboration with the Nazis went right to the top.
The Führer’s Decision
Peter Monteach comments on German historian Christian Gerlach's study of Adolf Hitler's announcement of his "decision in principle" to murder all of Europe's Jews on Dec 12, 1941.
Khazaria: A Forgotten Jewish Empire
Nicholas Soteri reflects on the often-overlooked Jewish kingdom of Khazaria, and the vital role they played in balancing Christian and Muslim power in the early medieval period.
Manchester Jewish Museum
Richard Cavendish discovers the riches and Diaspora and beyond in the Manchester Jewish museum.
The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania
An article about a project in exploring Jewish instrumental music
Exodus and Return
C.C. Aronsfeld on Jewish exodus and persecution, 800 years after the massacre in York