On the 100-year anniversary of the Russian Revolution a writer ponders what would have happened if his mother had not left Kiev in 1914, fleeing the omnipresent anti-Semitism.

Villages in Nepal are remote, but Tevel's volunteers persevere: They hike mountains, share unheated cabins and outdoor squat toilets and use water from village taps.

The Monastery of Poblet, not far from Barcelona, provides refuge, preservation and access to a rare illuminated Haggadah.

Today, Lithuania is home to only 4,000 Jews, yet several women in the small Jewish community are working hard not only to preserve their heritage but to share…

During World War II, Fania Lewando’s restaurant and cooking school in Vilna were destroyed, along with her community’s synagogues, libraries, theaters and schools.

Europe's first official imposed ghetto is in the midst of celebrating a remarkable anniversary, but all eyes are looking to its continued survival.

During World War II, refugee Jews fled from Nazi-dominated France to Spain over the treacherous Pyrenees mountain range.

From 1940 to 1942, several hundred European Jews landed on the shores of Sosúa, transforming the Dominican Republic town.