In January 1978, thirty-three years after they left Warsaw for what they thought was the last time, Yad Vashem officials invited Vladka and Benjamin back to Warsaw for the commemoration of...
“They bind our hands and then complain that we do not make use of them.” –Moses Mendelssohn When Europe fell into the First World War, German Jews were enthusiastic about the...
This weekend I was schmoozing at an event when some guy asked me what kind of history I study. I said “I’m currently researching the role of gender in Jewish emigration...