European Jews

A powerful dream brings the Shoah into focus, revealing the human stories behind six million lives and the pain we may never fully understand.

Rare photos from Yad Vashem reveal how Jewish communities across Europe prepared for and celebrated Passover on the eve of World War II.

As the Black Death ravaged Europe, fear gave way to hatred. Jews were falsely accused, brutally attacked, and entire communities were destroyed. This article recounts the tragic plague pogroms, particularly in Mainz, that reshaped Jewish life in medieval Europe.

From Holocaust survival to global Jewish demographics, a leading Israeli researcher explains current Jewish population numbers, the impact of assimilation, and why Orthodox communities are reshaping the future map of world Jewry

An extraordinary autobiographical journal revealing daily life, community, and history of Western European Jews in the 17th century