Ruth Ellen Gruber

One Ruth Gruber says goodbye to another

A JTA correspondent was often mistaken for the legendary photojournalist who shared her name.

By Ruth Ellen Gruber November 21, 2016 10:53 am

For some schoolkids in southern Italy, meeting their first Jew on Holocaust Day

When columnist Ruth Ellen Gruber talks to Italian schoolchildren on International Holocaust Memorial Day about what it means to be a Jew, she gets a question about the murdered 6 million to which there is no good answer.

January 31, 2012 3:44 pm

In summer, Jewish studies flowers in Eastern Europe

Eastern European summer programs in Jewish studies reflect the remarkable resurgence of Jewish learning in Eastern Europe since the fall of communism, going some way toward repairing the damage wrought by the Holocaust.

August 1, 2011 5:08 pm