FIRST REBELLION AGAINST ROME Previously, we wrote about the process that led Judea (Israel) to losing its independence and becoming a vassal state of the...

APOSTOMUS BURNED A SEFER TORA  A Jewish commando attacked an expedition of Romans who brought weapons and supplies to the invading army. The Roman governor,...

FIRST ALIYA Forty years after leaving Egypt, and shortly before entering the land of Israel, the Jews have just conquered the Emorites and the people...

A HIDDEN GEM I returned from Israel a few days ago. When I am asked what I like most about Israel, my answer is: PRAYING...

“When HaShem your God brings you into the land he promised to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...a land with large, flourishing cities that...

  GOOD RELATIONSSomething exceptional and unprecedented, which included the intervention of Doña Gracia Mendes-Nasí, occurred in the city of Ancona, an important commercial port on...

FROM SPAIN TO TURKEY In Turkey, the Jews lived very well, under the auspices and protection of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566), who generously received...

SUMMARY We are briefly reviewing the life and work of Beatriz de Luna, later known as Doña Gracia Mendes. Let us remember that when the...

FORGOTTEN GIANTS Doña Gracias Mendes (1510-1568), also known as Doña Gracia Nasí, was probably the woman who did the most for the Jewish people in...

" "Blood libel also called blood accusations, the superstitious accusations that Jews ritually sacrifice Christian children at Passover to obtain blood for unleavened bread (...