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A Nazi-enforced death march of Jewish women prisoners began from the Schlesiersee (today Sława) concentration camp in Upper Silesia in western Poland on Jan. 24, 1945, ending 106 days and some 800 kilometers later on May 5, 1945, in the town of Volary (German: Wallern) in Czechoslovakia. Credit: Yad Vashem.

Yad Vashem exhibit details death march of 1,300 Jewish women in January 1945

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To mark Women’s History Month, the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem is featuring an online exhibit titled “The Death March to Volary,” depicting the fate of Jewish women forced on a...
Soldiers of the army of Azerbaijan during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, circa 1992/1993. Credit: Ilgar Jafarov via Wikimedia Commons.

Jews and Muslims remember victims of 1992 Khojaly genocide in Azerbaijan

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The American Sephardi Federation and the Muslim American Leadership Alliance of New York held a special event last week remembering victims of the 1992 Khojaly genocide in Azerbaijan. The ceremony was in memory of the 613...
The ancient wine press and inscription uncovered at Tzur Natan. Credit: Yitzhak Marmelstein/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli archaeologists uncover 1,600-year-old estate of affluent Samaritan

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Israeli archaeologists uncovered a 1,600-year-old estate belonging to a wealthy Samaritan man. The property, which was discovered in Tzur Natan in central Israel, consisted of an inscription that reads, “Only God help the beautiful property of...
A mass grave of more than 1,000 Jews shot in the head by the Nazis during World War II has been uncovered in Belarus. Credit: Screenshot.

Mass grave of more than 1,000 Jews shot by Nazis unearthed in Brest, Belarus

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mass grave of more than 1,000 Jews shot in the head by the Nazis during the Holocaust has been uncovered in Belarus. Currently, 600 skeletons have been unearthed by Belarusian soldiers in a pit at...
Egypt has started eliminating slums near the eastern part of Bassatine Cemetery in Cairo, the second-oldest Jewish cemetery on earth. Credit: Jewish community in Cairo.

Egypt cleans and removes slums near 1,200-year-old Jewish cemetery

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In response to requests from the international Jewish community, Egypt has started eliminating slums near Bassatine Cemetery, in the eastern part of the second-oldest Jewish cemetery on earth, according to those in Cairo and...
The Hyde Park Holocaust Memorial in London, June 4, 2007. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

British parliament members sign letter supporting new Holocaust memorial

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More than 150 parliament members in the United Kingdom from across the political spectrum have signed a lettersupporting the Westminster Holocaust memorial, remarking that it would “stand as a testimony” to combating bigotry. The National Holocaust...
The main gate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Credit: Angelo Celedon via Wikimedia Commons.

Study: Polish local norms helped Nazis wipe out local Jewry

Large parts of the Polish population during the Holocaust believed helping Jews went against their local norms, a new study from the Polish Academy of Sciences shows. The academy, a state-run institution, focused on a...
A road in the West Bank. Credit: Daniel Ventura/Wikimedia Commons.

PA deletes Jewish history, renames signs in key sites in Judea and Samaria

The Palestinian Authority is violating its agreements with Israel by trying to redefine historic sites and nature reserves in Judea and Samaria, Israel Hayom has learned. The Oslo II Accord, as well as subsequent agreements, grant the...
A delegation of the heads of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace met with Germany’s ambassador to Israel, Susanne Wasum-Rainer, about the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and the Jewish historical claim to the land of Israel, on Feb. 17, 2019.

Rabbis share Torah view on historical claim to land with German ambassador

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A delegation of the heads of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace—led by Rabbi Joseph Gerlitzky, rabbi of Chabad-Lubavitch in central Tel Aviv; Rabbi Avraham Schreiber, rabbi of the settlement of Shavei Shomron; and Rabbi...
Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Credit: Wikipedia Commons.

$55 million to be invested in Jewish Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem

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The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem has several projects underway at a total cost of 200 million shekels ($55 million). The initiative seeks to...