Jewish refugees in Shanghai tried to recreate their lives in Europe as best they could. Here, a Jewish wedding in 1938. Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum hide caption
Jewish culture
A camp counselor plays the guitar and leads children in singing at Camp Butwin in Minnesota in 1962. University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives hide caption
To save Jewish culture, American Jews turned to summer camp
Orthodox Jewish women are increasingly joining a custom called Daf Yomi, Hebrew for "daily page," which involves reading a page a day of the Talmud, a centuries-old, multivolume collection of rabbinic teachings, debates and interpretations of Judaism. Here women read the last pages of the cycle at their first women's mass Talmud celebration in Jerusalem in January. Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR for NPR hide caption
Orthodox Jewish Women Take A New Lead In Talmud Study In Israel
People relax on a bridge in Berlin. An estimated 10,000 Israelis have moved to the German capital in the past decade or so, leaving an imprint on the city of more than 3.5 million. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption