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Third drone, suspected explosive substance found at German Leipzig/Halle airport

The drone was found on August 14, 10 days after the incident, to the west of the airport, where investigators also discovered about 50 grams of a substance they suspected to be a military explosive.

|ByREUTERS
The empennages of a DHL cargo plane and Ukrainian Antonov cargo planes at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Schkeuditz, Germany, August 5, 2026
Some hundreds of people gather on the square in front of the synagogue in Munich, during a protest against anti-Semitism on October 11, 2019; illustrative

German prosecutors identify likely suspect in deadly 1970 Munich Jewish center arson

On the evening of 13 February 1970, the building of the Jewish Community of Munich at 27 Reichenbachstraße in Munich, which was also a retirement home, was set alight using a petrol mixture.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Social media and the algorithm move faster than facts and claims can be verified.

Which countries, tech giants around the world are regulating kids' social media access?

What are countries and companies doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on children's health and safety?

|ByREUTERS
ZENDAYA PLAYS the apparition of Athena who appears to Odysseus (Matt Damon) and gives him some aphoristic guidance.

The Odyssey holds a mirror to the breakdown of human society after October 7 - opinion

This may be history’s most important warning: Barbarism does not always come from outside. Sometimes it grows from within a society that regards itself as enlightened.

|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT

Two men charged for plot to assassinate German Jewish leaders on behalf of Iran

Ali S. was charged with espionage, espionage for sabotage purposes, and attempted participation in murder and arson. Tawab M. was charged with attempted participation in murder.

MAY 21, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
An illustrative silhouette of an intelligence agent handler with a backdrop of the Iranian flag.

Nova exhibit in hiding, death penalty filing, Eurovision boo: Inside the week in antisemitism

A memorial forced into hiding. A death penalty filing. A singer booed into second place. One week, three continents, and a pattern officials won't name.

MAY 21, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
PEOPLE ATTEND a vigil organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK to honour victims of the Bondi attack in Sydney and mark the second night of Hanukkah, in London, Britain, December 15, 2025.

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon: IDF medic’s view from the front - opinion

We need to be able to conclusively defeat our foes and not have endless “ceasefires” that are not even worth the paper they are written on.

MAY 20, 2026ByTUVIA BOOK
Israeli soldiers are seen on the Israeli border with Lebanon, May 2, 2026.

Europe, Israel should launch commission with Trump’s help - opinion

President Trump ended eight conflicts, and the EU should ask him to lead a Truth and Reconciliation Commission that would halt the over 2,000-year-old European-Israeli conflict.

MAY 20, 2026ByGOL KALEV
The Simon of Trent blood libel: Illustration in Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, 1493

Ancient blood libels continue to shape modern antisemitism - opinion

Antisemitic conspiracy theories have deep historical roots and continue to resurface, driving prejudice and violence against Jews today.

MAY 17, 2026ByROZ ROTHSTEIN
The Simon of Trent blood libel: Illustration in Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, 1493

German court allows pro-Palestinian encampment in Hamburg park where Jews were deported by Nazis

The encampment, whose location was deliberately chosen by the group, will culminate on Saturday with a march from the park to Hamburg’s port.

MAY 16, 2026BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
Activists have set up a pro-Palestinian camp on Hamburg's Moorweide, which a German court permitted over the objections of the city and Jewish community, May 10, 2026.

‘The Wanderers’ tells the story of Poland’s Holocaust survivors who fled to the Soviet Union

Daniela Gerson chronicles her family’s not-so-unique journey in her new book, “The Wanderers," a blend of memoir, history, and journalism.

MAY 15, 2026BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
Daniela Gerson is the author of "The Wanderers."

Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, who moved back to Germany in his 80's, dies aged 101

Weinberg, who was born in Rhauderfehn in 1925, passed away in the town of Leer, not far from his birthplace in northwest Germany.

MAY 14, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, 99, poses in inside his old classroom at the memorial at the former Jewish School before a discussion with foreign journalists a week before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 20, 2025 in Leer, Germany.

HRF files complaint against German prosecutor over dismissed charges against IDF soldier

HRF claims that the "unjustified dismissal" shielded soldier Shimon Avichai Zuckerman from genocide charges.

MAY 13, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
(Illustrative) IDF soldiers are seen traversing northern Gaza rubble during Operation Brave Heart, the operation to rescue the body of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, January 26, 2026.

Arthur Rubinstein’s piano competition: A rich tale of two cities and one legacy

While the competition is traditionally held every 3 years in Tel Aviv, the 18th edition features a unique bifurcated structure due to ongoing security concerns in Israel.

MAY 12, 2026ByLIRAN GURKIEWICZ
Jinhyung Park.