Jewish tombstones used as cobblestones to be returned to Old Jewish Cemetery
Pieces of Jewish gravestones used for street-paving in Prague’s pedestrian areas will be returned to the Old Jewish Cemetery in the Czech Republic’s capital as a result of an agreement reached on Monday between...
Israel-Diaspora relations then and now: Exhibit highlights work of late photographer Leonard Freed
Yet another U.N. agency has stepped into the minefield that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and as a result, appears in danger of losing its legitimacy.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, announced last...
3,000-year-old fragments of cloth dyed with Royal Purple found in Israel
In a groundbreaking discovery, Israeli archaeologists have recovered scraps of fabric dyed in royal purple, also known as true purple, dating back to the era of the biblical King David.
The remnants of woven fabric,...
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience set to open in New Orleans
Officials with the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in New Orleans announced on Wednesday that the new attraction will open to the public on May 27.
Originally slated to roll out its exhibits in February 2020,...
Budapest: 77 years of ghetto liberation marked with 77 live survivor testimonies
A website dedicated to the recollections of Holocaust survivors and their rescuers was inaugurated this week by the Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities (EMIH), marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest...
Holocaust survivors to pass torch of remembrance to next generation
Holocaust survivors from five continents will share their experiences during and after World War II and the Shoah as part of a 10-hour online conversation hosted by the Combat Antisemitism Movement, Zikaron BaSalon affiliated with the...
The Babylonian bubble
A terrible scene flashed across our screens the other day. It was late afternoon on Friday as Shabbat was coming in and suddenly the sirens sounded. Jerusalem was under attack. Alarms blaring, all the...
Israeli soldiers find Hebrew Book of Psalms in Gaza home
IDF soldiers have found a Book of Psalms with a personal dedication to an Israeli man from nearly four decades ago in the home of a Palestinian terrorist in the Gaza Strip.
The book, which...
Lithuania Jewish community slams state center for faulty details of Holocaust
The state-funded Center for the Study of the Genocide and Resistance of Residents of Lithuania has been under fire for publishing last month that “the Lithuanians operated against the will of the Germans” during...
Germany charges former Nazi concentration-camp guard with complicity in 3,518 murders
Prosecutors in Germany charged a former 100-year-old Nazi concentration-camp guard for involvement in the murder of 3,518 people.
They told AFP on Monday that the man is accused of “knowingly and willingly” assisting in the murder of...