Le Pen Beckons French Jews — And Some Respond
Back in February, the right-wing Jewish website Dreuz reported on an unprecedented meeting: The Confederation Of French Jews And Friends Of Israel, it disclosed, had recently met with Louis Alliot, the vice president of...
Warsaw Jewish community buries damaged Torah scrolls
Warsaw's Jewish community on Wednesday held a burial of damaged Torah scrolls in the Polish capital, an ancient ritual that some believe had not been carried out since the war.
Poland's chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich...
UN: Allies Knew of Jewish Holocaust Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Newly released United Nations documents reveal that the Allied powers knew about the Jewish Holocaust carried out by Hitler’s Nazi regime at least two-and-a-half years earlier than previously thought.
As early as December 1942, the...
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising anniversary remembered
Events around the Polish capital on Wednesday marked the 74th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Prime Minister Beata Szydło and other leading politicians, including the head of the opposition Civic Platform...
France Not Responsible For 1942 Round-Up Of Jews, Says Le Pen
Emmanuel Macron, an independent centrist, was among many presidential candidates criticising Ms Le Pen’s comments on Monday.
Macron is a front-runner – along with Le Pen – in the two-round presidential election that will be...
Canada’s oldest Jewish community welcomes new addition – a history museum
Canada’s oldest Jewish community is commemorating its heritage with a newly-opened museum just outside Montreal’s historic Jewish Mile End neighborhood.
Housed in a former Jewish garment factory, the small Museum of Jewish Montreal distinguishes itself...
Moscow Limmud sees record enrolment of 2,500
Attendance this year at the main event organised by Limmud FSU – an international organisation putting together Jewish events in the former Soviet Union — exceeded last year’s tally by 25 percent, organisers said...
Prince Charles recalls grandmother’s rescue of Jews
Charles, Prince of Wales, spoke with Holocaust survivors in Austria about his grandmother’s role in saving the lives of a Jewish family during the Shoah.
Charles and his wife, Camilla, spent the final day of...
US drops ‘largest non-nuclear bomb’ for first time in Afghanistan area populated by Isis...
The US has dropped the "mother of all bombs" - the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the US military - on an area of eastern Afghanistan known to be populated by...
A Concert at Masada for the Shrinking Dead Sea
If you’re familiar with the name Jean-Michel Jarre, you’ve likely heard the French musician’s innovative electro-acoustic compositions, such as his 1976 breakout album Oxygène. Turns out that Jarre–the son of renowned film composer Maurice...