US Holocaust Museum accuses Mamdani of ‘exploiting’ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum lashed out at Zohran Mamdani, an anti-Israel New York state representative who is running for mayor of New York City, stating that “exploiting the museum and the Warsaw Ghetto...
French Parliament moves to promote Alfred Dreyfus
The lower house of France’s Parliament on Monday voted to posthumously promote Alfred Dreyfus, amid a surge in antisemitic incidents in the country in the wake of Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023 massacre.
All 197 lawmakers...
German dignitaries pay last respects to Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was one of several high-profile political figures present at the funeral of 103-year-old Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer at the Weissensee Jewish cemetery in Berlin on Thursday.
Newly installed German Chancellor...
San Remo at 105: The conference that helped pave the way for modern Israel
From April 19 to April 26, 1920, world powers gathered in San Remo on Italy’s Riviera to determine the fate of former Ottoman territories following World War I. The San Remo Conference, attended by...
A rare stone capital decorated with a menorah design, the Temple candelabrum, over 1500...
A one-of-a-kind stone capital, a type never found anywhere in the world, decorated with an eight-branched lamp over 1,500 years old, will be revealed to the public for the first time at the Jay...
Bearing witness: Death-camp liberators and Holocaust survivors
World War II will be remembered in infamy for countless reasons, the most horrific being the systematic extermination of 6 million Jews during the years of the Holocaust. As many around the world observe...
At 100, YIVO aims to be more global
As YIVO Institute for Jewish Research archivists pored over 200,000 pages of materials from the literary estate of acclaimed Yiddish writer Chaim Grade, which the nonprofit acquired in 2010 after Grade’s widow died, they...
Last Sobibor survivor reveals buried Nazi atrocities
The complete and extraordinary story of police officer Yaakov Biskowitz was never fully revealed until now.
As a young boy, Biskowitz became one of the few people who survived for an extended period in a...
For Mel Brooks, world history (no joke!) repeats itself
Nearly 40 years after his “History of the World, Part I” debuted in 1981, Mel Brooks released “History of the World, Part II” on the eve of Purim, which began on March 6.
Brooks (he’ll...
Rare Haggadot up for auction in Bnei Brak
A remarkable Haggadah created by Jewish Brigade fighters for Passover, weeks before Israel's Declaration of Independence, recently come to light and will be auctioned today at the Brand auction house in Bnei Brak, alongside several other historically significant Haggadot.
The...