How a Kibbutz Defended Itself on October 7, and What Its Survivors Think Now
The story of Kibbutz Alumim.
March 22, 2024
Martin Greenfield Went from Auschwitz to Making Suits for Six Presidents
The story of “the nation’s greatest men’s tailor.”
“Two ripped Nazi shirts,” Martin Greenfield once said, “helped this Jew build America’s most famous and successful custom-suit company.” Greenfield, who died on Wednesday, was once known as Maximilian Grünfeld, “a skinny Jewish prisoner whose job was to wash the clothes of Nazi guards” at Auschwitz. The story of his life afterward “exemplified the classic tale of immigration to America,” writes Alex Traub.
March 22, 2024
The Israeli Army Is Fundamentally Changing How It Defends Israel
On both sides of the border, new security plans are being formed.
Martin Greenfield Went from Auschwitz to Making Suits for Six Presidents
The story of “the nation’s greatest men’s tailor.”
The Mystery of the Spanish Megillah of Amsterdam
Books of the Hebrew Bible are always written in Hebrew—except for this one.
What Makes Purim the Most Joyous of Jewish Holidays?
There are many strange things about Purim that in the end connect to joy.