Holocaust objects to be displayed at German parliament
An exhibition of Holocaust-era items from the collections of Yad Vashem whose stories are intertwined with Jews from Germany will open in the Bundestag next week, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Jerusalem-based...
Anne Frank and Me: Three Weeks and 3,600 Miles Apart
Although I had no close relatives who were victims — and it wasn’t until years later that I learned that Nazis had hanged an uncle of my wife’s by his tallis — I was obsessed by...
A new post-Soviet aliyah
Hannah Yarutskaya made aliyah as a 9th-grader in 2015 from Mariupol–the Ukrainian city destroyed by Russian occupiers in the spring of 2022.
After serving as a lone soldier in Israel’s armed forces, Yarutskaya continues to...
Shas Party spiritual leader Shimon Baadani dies at 94
Rabbi Shimon Baadani, the president of the Shas Party’s Council of Torah Sages, died on Wednesday morning at Sheba Medical Center (Tel Hashomer Hospital) in Ramat Gan at the age of 94.
Baadani suffered from...
Golden Globes comedian Jerrod Carmichael mocks Ye, praises Spielberg
On Tuesday night’s Golden Globes awards broadcast, host Jerrod Carmichael took a comedic shot at antisemitic rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West) and praised the power of director Steven Spielberg’s filmmaking.
Carmichael said after a commercial break, “I...
Israeli entry for Best Foreign Film fails to make Oscar shortlist
Israel’s entry for Best International Film at the 2023 Oscars ceremony failed to make it onto a shortlist of 15 films that will vie for the award next year, according to an announcement on...
Band places impressive song in impressive Hanukkah film
The latest entry to the ever-growing musical category of “modern Hanukkah songs” has arrived.
Distant Cousins—the popular Los Angeles-based band featuring former Blue Fringe frontman Dov Rosenblatt, Moshav’s Duvid Swirsky and singer-songwriter Ami Kozak—has a...
70,000 people from 95 countries make aliyah in 2022
Some 70,000 people from 95 different countries immigrated to Israel in 2022 with the assistance of the Jewish Agency for Israel, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration.
It was the most olim in 23...
Menorah from iconic 1931 photograph returns to Germany
A brass menorah from a famous photograph taken during the rise of the Nazis made its way back to Germany for a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony in Berlin attended by the country’s president.
“This light is...
Is this the largest LEGO menorah in the world?
A Tel Aviv LEGO store has secured what is believed to be the largest-ever LEGO menorah.
Located in the Dizengoff Center, LEGO Store Tel Aviv in July became the first official LEGO store to open...