The fake Jewish town is the backdrop for a potentially controversial movie on the 1941 murder of local Jews by their neighbors and the Nazis. (JTA) — In the woods of northern Ukraine ...

the existence of a working synagogue in Bershad was the axis of communal life for this shtetl,” said Yefim Vygodner, 64. The town had a Jewish population of some 3,500 in the 1960s.

Acclaimed historian Simon Schama looks at both ancient and modern stories that have changed the Jewish experience in ... glimpse into early 20th century shtetl life. Watch the full BBC Select ...

One of the world’s oldest diets is undergoing a yassified rebrand. Kosher food, rooted in dietary laws as laid out in the Torah and interpreted by rabbis and scholars for thousands of years, is now ...

With the exception of the Jewish population, the Poles suffered more losses of life than the people of any other Nazi-occupied country. It is estimated that close to two million Poles lost their ...