Discover Shanghai’s Historic Jewish Communities with tour guide Yael Farjun. Get ready for an electrifying virtual tour of Jewish Shanghai! Immerse yourself in the city's vibrant heart where history meets modernity, as we explore the three waves of Jewish groups that arrived in China from the 19th century onwards. Discover their stories, reasons behind their […]
Join author Dan Schulman to learn how German-Jewish immigrants forged financial empires Author Daniel Schulman and UC Riverside’s Michael Alexander explore the captivating narrative of German-Jewish immigrants who transformed modern finance and the stock market in America. Arriving with little, they rose from peddling trinkets to founding global giants like Goldman Sachs, Kuhn Loeb, and […]
Explore the vibrant culture of Jewish Athens from antiquity to today. Join Joseph Michael Vardakis to explore the rich history of Jews in Athens, Greece from antiquity to present day. Encounter the unique Greek-speaking Romaniote community, learn how the Greek Jewish population of 80,000 was decimated by the Holocaust, and celebrate the current resurgence of […]
Author Dina Porat discusses the true story of a vigilante group of Holocaust survivors who conspired to kill six million Germans. Author Dina Porat and AJU’s Michael Berenbaum discuss Porat’s new book, Nakam (Hebrew for "vengeance") which tells the story of "the Avengers" (Nokmim), a group of young Holocaust survivors led by poet and resistance […]
