On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad
Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.
History
DNA analysis identifies four more members of John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition
Divers find wreck of Coast Guard ship torpedoed by Germans, US’ largest naval loss of World War I
18th-century prayer book of Luria’s teachings to go on display at ANU ahead of Lag Ba’omer
The Maccabiah Games’ crucial role in shaping Zionism and aliyah
Since the quota for olim had been cut by the British, the Maccabiah offered a great opportunity to come but not leave.
Keeping time: How Jews preserved ritual and hope in the Holocaust’s darkest days
Yad Vashem exhibition chronicles the times and lives of Jewish communities before and during the Holocaust.
Titanic survivor’s signed life jacket sells for over $900,000
Laura Mabel Francatelli was on Titanic’s lifeboat No. 1, with only eleven other passengers, despite the small vessel's 40-person capacity.
Ink and irony: A closer look at the cartoonist who chronicled Israel’s formative years
From a discarded book at the National Library to iconic sketches of Arieh Navon, a personal journey through the satirical heart of early statehood reveals the humor and grit of our founding years.
British professor uncovers location of Shakespeare’s London home using previously unknown documents
Munro’s find is historically significant, painting a very different picture of where Shakespeare may have spent time in his later years then what was originally thought.
'Godfather of denim’: an Italian designer whose Jewish father was murdered at Auschwitz
Adriano Goldschmied, who died April 5 at 82, following a battle with cancer in a hospital in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, credited himself with founding or developing at least 50 jean brands.
Researchers say they’ve traced Shakespeare’s London lodgings at last
The precise location of William Shakespeare’s only London home was identified in Blackfriars after researchers uncovered a previously unknown floorplan.
Newly published documents belonging to Israel's first prime minister reveal eerily relevant message
Ben-Gurion recognized early on what became a well-known reality in the following decades: front lines that reach population centers, and the home front becoming a critical component of the war.
‘The Jewish Revolt: A Warsaw Ghetto Exhibition’ turns memory into witness - review
Auerbach arrived in Warsaw in 1933 as a journalist and has dedicated her life to remembering Holocaust victims.
This month in Jewish history: History, memory, destiny
A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.
