Judaica Across America: Highlighted Entries

The attached photo is of my grandmother’s mezuzah. It’s a piece of Judaica which has a very special meaning to me. Miriam Goldstein was only...

The life of a shul is like that of its congregants, time limited. My shul lasted some seventy years. I came as a new member in its waning da...

My family likes to joke about it sometimes - they say "don't forget to polish the holy grail" or "make sure to put the ...

The banging on the door with accompanying shouts of “FIRE! FIRE!” came at 4:30 in the morning this past October 5. Frantically reaching for...

After the death of his youngest sister in Stuttgart, Germany my father thought deeply about the meaning of life and death, and the idea of b...

I read about the Judaica contest in the paper and thought about my candelabra that was bought by my grandfather David Davidovic in Cologne ...

EXCERPT: I am a convert to Judaism- 3 in Jewish years. But … I have Jewish blood coursing through my veins. My great-grandfather came to ...

My grandfather's sister, Chana Wiesenthal Herzog, made this tapestry and sent it to him on the occasion of his marriage in 1917. The ex...

Ever since I was a little girl, I was always interested in hearing the stories of my parents' posessions, e.g., where the furniture was ...