From 2006 | Edward R. Murrow: As Good as His Myth
Years before his broadcasts captivated America, Edward R. Murrow rescued Jewish and anti-Nazi scholars.
12
Oct
12
Jul
Archiving COVID-19 As it Happens
Crowdsourcing has become a vital tool for many of the Jewish institutions attempting to record and preserve the community’s response to the pandemic.
24
Sep
Archives | The Yemenites: A Photo Essay
On September 24, 1950, Israel concluded Operation Magic Carpet, transporting over 45,000 Yemenite Jews to the Jewish state. To commemorate this historic mission, Moment has republished Zion Ozeri's 1982 photo essay "The Yemenites." Take a look for a deeper understanding of Jewish life in Yemen before the mass Aliyah to Israel.
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The Yemenites: A Photo Essay
03
Sep
Archives | Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
"The Spy," Netflix's new show starring Sacha Baron Cohen, retells the heroic story of legendary Mossad agent Eli Cohen during his years undercover in Syria in the 1960s. In honor of this Friday's premiere, we pulled a Moment exclusive from the archives: Am I My Brother's Keeper? A Spy Discovers the Truth about His Beloved Brother.
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Am I My Brother's Keeper?
18
Feb
Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives
By Amanda Walgrove
The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation. Communicating through Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and email correspondence can make interpersonal connections seem trivial and dispassionate, but technological advancements can also produce meaningful intimacy. For example, we can video chat with estranged loved ones on the iPhone and reconnect with old friends through social media networks. The resources of cyberspace not only affect how we communicate, but also how we access, preserve, and retain information.
On the eve of International Holocaust Day, Yad Vashem announced that the world's largest collection of Holocaust archives would be incorporated into Google's overwhelmingly vast pool of virtual documents. Yad Vashem began digitizing their collection in the 1990's but collaboration with Google is a vast leap for any remote assemblage of archives. What...
18
Feb
Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives
By Amanda Walgrove
The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation. Communicating through Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and email correspondence can make interpersonal connections seem trivial and dispassionate, but technological advancements can also produce meaningful intimacy. For example, we can video chat with estranged loved ones on the iPhone and reconnect with old friends through social media networks. The resources of cyberspace not only affect how we communicate, but also how we access, preserve, and retain information.
On the eve of International Holocaust Day, Yad Vashem announced that the world's largest collection of Holocaust archives would be incorporated into Google's overwhelmingly vast pool of virtual documents. Yad Vashem began digitizing their collection in the 1990's but collaboration with Google is a vast leap for any remote assemblage of archives. What...