THE WEEKLY NEWS NOSH September 20, 2026

 

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Headlines September 20, 2026 This Jewish heritage news digest is this week’s NewsNosh (The Weekly News Nosh) from L’Dor V’Dor Foundation—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. This week’s NewsNosh Jewish heritage news digest includes Yom Kippur traditions, genealogy research tools, archaeological discoveries, Holocaust remembrance, and more. Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

In Observance of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement… Far from the Holy of Holies: How did ancient Jews observe Yom Kippur 2,000 years ago? Israel unveils National Archaeological Database with some 4 million records Finding Family History in School Records ‘A Call to Courage’: Czech parliament to pay historic tribute to 129 ‘Righteous Among the Nations.’ Exhibit at NY Holocaust museum shows how Jews tried to ‘speak through history’ by hiding items in death camps This Filter Makes DNA Matches Easier to Place FindAGrave: Search Genealogy Websites Jewish geneticist finds mutation behind sudden deaths that haunted her family for decades How to Greet Someone on Yom Kippur One Woman’s Yom Kippur Sermon During the Holocaust Kol Nidrei Kapparot, Swinging a Chicken Over One’s Head 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath uncovered intact in southern Israel Follow up to above story: 25-ton Second Temple-era mikveh lifted from ground intact during Kiryat Gat construction ‘We are home again’: Vienna’s Jewish community welcomes renovation of 200-year-old synagogue ‘Long overdue’: Henry Ford home to confront his antisemitism LA Federation sues museum for custody of looted paintings once hoarded by Hermann Göring How synagogues and Southern Jews came to mourn Robert E. Lee The Founder of the Women’s Pro Baseball League Is an Inspiring Jewish Woman Jewish sleepaway camp made them comedians, so they made a movie about it ‘The Housewife’ Review: Naomi Watts Is Chilling In Disturbing Post-Holocaust Drama With A Surprising Twist Elstree Studios in the UK: 100 years in the making

THE WEEKLY NEWS NOSH September 13, 2026

 

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### About The Weekly News Nosh The Weekly News Nosh (NewsNosh) is the L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s weekly Jewish heritage news digest—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. NewsNosh is published on Sundays and shared on our website and social media platforms. “A Family Without The Understanding Of Their Past History, Foundation And Ethnicity Is Like A Tree Without Roots.” Subscribe to receive NewsNosh every Sunday, directly in your inbox. Browse past issues of our Jewish heritage news digest in the NewsNosh archive. A Happy, Healthy, and Sweet New Year to All... Phil Goldfarb

JewishGen’ s Memorials & Plaques Database Grows to 368,000 Records New update to the LitvakSIG All Lithuania Database Important new resource: A Living Story Across Europe – Handbook on Jewish Heritage, developed by the AEPJ and published by the European Commission Family Search: New Free Historical Records from 31 Countries | September 2026 Update All 24 volumes of the important journal Jewish Art, formerly the Journal of Jewish Art, have been digitalized and made freely available for download Sotheby’s selling one of ‘most significant’ manuscripts by renowned Jewish medieval artist Joel ben Simeon that have not been seen in 100 years Must-Know Rosh Hashanah Words and Phrases How the Yiddish project took root in the U.S. after the Holocaust How a new tool in Lithuania helps people read letters from their Jewish ancestors He went to a different Manhattan synagogue every week. Here’s what it taught him Western Wall Foundation completes pre-holiday removal of prayer notes from holy site How did ancient Israelites make wine? Over 20,000 olim made Aliyah to Israel from 100 countries in past year, data shows In Taiwan, a new cemetery marks rebirth of Jewish life Argentine court orders return of Nazi-looted painting found via a real estate ad German general honored for helping restore identities of fallen Jewish soldiers Switzerland releases 200-page intelligence dossier on Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ Mengele In a San Francisco garage, this 84-year-old keeps the art of shofar making alive Gal Gadot Blows a Shofar on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live.’ A Recipe for Remembering – How Jewish Cookbooks Preserve Family Stories The Jewish Roots of Rummikub Carnegie Deli Opened 89 Years Ago. 10 Years After Closing Its Doors, It’s Returning to N.Y.C Paws for reflection: early Rosh Hashanah service for pet dog’s delights congregants.

THE WEEKLY NEWS NOSH - SEPTEMBER 6, 2026

 

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Headlines September 6, 2026

Introducing Learning Paths at Legacy Family Tree Webinars AI transcribes almost 24 million Russian archive record pages for free searching 189 New Papers added to Newspapers.com NEW… Issue 4 of Jewish Genealogy: IIJG Journal Uncover Hidden Paper Trails: New Confederate Quartermaster Records Live on Fold3! Today, September 6, kicks off the annual European Days of Jewish Culture – EDJC Sunken Irgun 'Altalena' arms ship discovered intact after 78 years Visualizing the Splendor: New 3D Reconstructions of the Temple Mount Courts 1,600-year-old Samson mosaic goes on public display in Galilee Bedouin shepherds found it. A bishop sold it. An Israeli agent bought it Border Police discover Second Temple-period burial cave during operations in eastern Jerusalem The long-derelict synagogue in the village of Radzanów, Poland will become a branch of the Mazovian Museum in Płock Early Kabbalah and the Hasidei Ashkenaz Orthodox Judaism The Jews of Russia Ze’ev Jabotinsky Marking the New Year…From Yad Vashem A little-remembered Gilded Age millionaire helped make milk safe for American kids through his ‘retail giving’ Bronx walking tour animates Fordham neighborhood’s forgotten Jewish sites Jewish farmers planted an ancient seed. Now the fruit is making its American culinary debut Why Do Jews Dip Apples in Honey on Rosh Hashanah? Counting the Jewish Years German schools to get Jewish religious education books as part of curriculum for first time since Holocaust War-weary Ukrainian students learn Yiddish to reclaim a Jewish past nearly erased at home Meet the first Jewish president of a Catholic university Remembering Gloria Steinem’s Jewish Activist Grandmother Jewish Feminist Leaders The Inventor of the Shopping Cart Was a Jewish Man Bam Dot Crack! About The Weekly News Nosh The Weekly News Nosh (NewsNosh) is the L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s weekly Jewish heritage news digest—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. NewsNosh is published on Sundays and shared on our website and social media platforms. “A Family Without The Understanding Of Their Past History, Foundation And Ethnicity Is Like A Tree Without Roots.” Subscribe to receive NewsNosh every Sunday, directly in your inbox. Browse past issues of our Jewish heritage news digest in the NewsNosh archive.

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CLICK HERE TO READ THE AUGUST 23 NEWS NOSH About The Weekly News Nosh The Weekly News Nosh (NewsNosh) is the L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s weekly Jewish heritage news digest—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. NewsNosh is published on Sundays and shared on our website and social media platforms. “A Family Without The Understanding Of Their Past History, Foundation And Ethnicity Is Like A Tree Without Roots.” Subscribe to receive NewsNosh every Sunday, directly in your inbox. Browse past issues of our Jewish heritage news digest in the NewsNosh archive. Headlines August 23, 2026

New on MyHeritage: Trace Your Paternal Line Back Thousands of Years with Y-DNA She thought the Holocaust erased her family. Then a DNA test found 50 relatives How a 19th century murder introduced Americans to a Jewish funeral The Mass Migration to Israel of the 1950s 15 Jewish Communities in the Most Unexpected Places on Earth In the army, again? 80 years after the Holocaust, Germany’s Jews consider conscription How Three Jewish refugees from the Nazis built Iceland’s classical music scene from scratch An open-air exhibit and informational displays unveiled at the Jewish cemetery in Klaipeda, Lithuania In Poland, Even Winnie-the-Pooh Has a Holocaust Story Amid bombs, drone-strikes and blackouts, these non-Jewish Ukrainian students are studying Yiddish The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Who Was Hillel? Louis Brandeis, First Jewish Supreme Court Justice Jewish Languages: From Aramaic to Yiddish These Celebrities Got Their Start at Jewish Day School Grossinger’s Catskills resort to be redeveloped as year-round destinatio

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The Weekly News Nosh – August 16, 2026 About The Weekly News Nosh The Weekly News Nosh (NewsNosh) is the L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s weekly Jewish heritage news digest—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. NewsNosh is published on Sundays and shared on our website and social media platforms. “A Family Without The Understanding Of Their Past History, Foundation And Ethnicity Is Like A Tree Without Roots.” Subscribe to receive NewsNosh every Sunday, directly in your inbox. Browse past issues of our Jewish heritage news digest in the NewsNosh archive. CLICK HERE TO READ THE NEWS NOSH Headlines August 16, 2026

IAJGS Call for Proposals Now Open (deadline Sept 15) IGRA Updates its Database Search Tool with Results Counters from JewishGen and Gesher Galicia A new database and map that document Holocaust monuments and memorials throughout the Czech Republic has been launched Family Search: New Free Historical Records from 22 Countries | August 2026 Update How the Jews Changed the World The Surprising History of Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Confirmation Montenegro’s tiny Jewish community navigates uncertain territory as hostility toward Israel increases The Jews of Kaifeng: China’s Only Native Jewish Community How the Kefalonia killings led to the World War II massacre of Greece’s Jews Holocaust hero’s documentary wins best short film prize at US festival The Very Jewish History of the Teddy Bear History of Jewish Prayer Jewish Clothing Israel-Lebanon talks said to include request to relocate Jewish graves to Israel Poland: Inmates from the Czerwony Bór Prison will help maintain Jewish cemeteries thanks to a new agreement between the prison and FODŻ The Oldest Jewish Summer Camp in the U.S. Has a Surprising Number of Famous Alumni Nigeria has more than 100 synagogues — but no local rabbis. This summer camp wants to change that How a monument to a Jewish Confederate ended up in a storage unit, next to a vacuum cleaner A Jewish philanthropist funded this pioneering school for Black students. Now it’s getting a second life Lithuania’s Lost Shtetl Museum ranked among seven most beautiful museums worldwide ‘Annihilation through work’: London exhibit highlights overlooked story of slave labor in WWII The most Jewish room in Fremont, Ohio, is in a county history museum Chabad is breathing new life into a mortuary in San Francisco’s Mission District There’s a new Judaism in town — or maybe it’s very, very old 1,300-year-old industrial, commercial complex uncovered in Ramat Gan The Lynching of Leo Frank The 5 Best Jewish Moments on ‘Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness’