A journey to the biblical Red Sea crossing
Over the years, scholars have proposed possible sites for the crossing, with Dr. Yehoshua Meron concluding that it took place near the shoreline of Nuweiba on the eastern coast of the Sinai Peninsula.
History
Lighting the torch: The survivors at the heart of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony
From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel
Letters of love and survival: A Holocaust love story preserved at Yad Vashem
Weleda collaborated with the Nazis: Frost bite cream may have been used in Dachau SS experiments
German historian Anne Sudrow published a study that described close personal relationships between Weleda and the SS and ties among Anthroposophists, Demeter Agriculture, and the SS.
On this Day: 53 years since the Munich massacre
On this day in 1972, eight Palestinian terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.
Jakob Rosenfeld: The Jewish doctor who became a hero in China during World War II - exclusive
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Dr. Jakob Rosenfeld, an Austrian Jewish doctor, went from Shanghai’s medical scene to becoming a revered hero in China, leaving a lasting legacy of sacrifice.
France returns royal skull of King Toera, two others to Madagascar
France has sought to confront its colonial past by returning artifacts and human remains from its museums to their countries of origin.
This week in Jewish history: 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' published
A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
Fall of the Roman Empire: Inside Abramovich’s enforced sale of Chelsea FC
Placed under sanctions by the UK government because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Jewish magnate was forced to sell the soccer club he owned for nearly 20 years.
M15 suspected Rolex founder of being Nazi spy - Telegraph
The British consul in Geneva would go on to report that Wilsdorf was “well known for his strong Nazi sympathies.”
'The Last Baker of Vienna': A novel on displaced Jews in post-WWII Europe - review
Chana, the heroine of The Lost Baker of Vienna, gives voice to author Sharon Kurtzman’s feminist subtext.
Tisha B’Av in Jerusalem: Reflections on loss, return, and Zionism
Tisha B’Av was not a figment of my imagination; it provided, annually, a poignancy in time which lifted us from the ruins of the past and deposited us in a new Israel.
Gaza Disengagement, revisited: Sharon’s gamble, Israel’s price
Disengagement was sold not just as a diplomatic move, but as a security one. Pulling out of Gaza, Ariel Sharon argued, would save lives.
