History
A football-sized gold nugget stolen from one of France's most famous museums
On Sept 16 cleaning staff found the geology and mineralogy gallery breached. It is now closed. Investigators say the gang used angle grinders and a blowtorch to cut through armored glass.
Stories about growth and resilience in St. Louis neighborhoods
One man, one bank, and the making of modern Israel
Sparta and Athens: History's wartime lessons for a modern-day Israel - analysis
Robert Jay Lifton, pioneering scholar of Nazi doctors and Jewish memory, dies at 99
Robert Jay Lifton, whose work on genocide psychology reshaped Holocaust studies and Jewish thought for decades, died at his home in Massachusetts at 99.
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.
Thousands of Middle East Jewish refugees lost est. $263 billion in assets, researchers show UNHRC
The report details how systematic state oppression, pogroms, and expulsions depopulated the nearly one million Jews of the Middle East.
The long arc of Israeli protests: A nation’s conscience or Achilles’ heel? - analysis
Protests have long been a defining feature of Israel’s democracy – they give voice to anguish, mobilize citizens, and hold leaders to account. But they are not inherently virtuous.
![STUDENTS PROTEST outside the Education Ministry in Tel Aviv, Sept. 1, the first day of school. Their banner reads, ‘Without the hostages, there is no learning [school].’](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/679523 "STUDENTS PROTEST outside the Education Ministry in Tel Aviv, Sept. 1, the first day of school. Their banner reads, ‘Without the hostages, there is no learning [school].’")
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.
Happy New Year! Ethiopia is celebrating its New Year with joy and hope - opinion
As Ethiopians welcome the New Year with joy and renewed hope, they do so with confidence in their ability to shape their own destiny.
Israeli archaeologists unearth lavish 1,600-year-old Samaritan estate
The excavation revealed a magnificent mosaic floor decorated with a geometric pattern and images of fruits and vegetables, such as grapes, dates, and watermelons.
Will 'Palestine 36' showcase the true history of the Arab revolt? - opinion
Will an improper balance between fact and the cinematic fictional elements override the genuine historical narrative?
Ancient innovation uncovered: Some of the oldest lamp wicks in history found in Israel
The wicks, preserved in unusual circumstances, are a remarkable discovery given the moist Mediterranean climate, which typically causes organic materials to decompose.
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.
Lost for over 150 years: the forgotten will that sparked a Shakespearean legal battle
A historic legal twist buried in the archives finally comes to light.
