History
Beneath a German lake, above a Nazi bunker: Israeli artist explores buried memory - feature
Israeli artist Yehudit Sasportas explores memory, trauma, and the passage of time through clay mines inscribed with Hebrew letters and submerged in a German lake above a Nazi-era bunker.
'After years of neglect': Nazareth tries to bring back tourists with its Jewish neighbors
The Catalans are flying: Barcelona’s historic start to the season
Unstoppable at 39: Brace, 936 career goals, and MLS history
Argentina’s Jewish gauchos museum vows to stay open amid leadership feud
Though just nine Jews remain in the town, its museum preserves a legacy shared by Argentine Jews and their descendants worldwide.
The Land of the Monasteries in the Dead Sea is opening to hikers this week
A journey following monks and pioneers in the northern Dead Sea, through an area accessible to hikers just two days a year.
Saved from Nazi-occupied Prague, thousands of Torah scrolls find new life through a Satmar scribe
A Satmar scribe and a Reform synagogue joined forces to restore 1,564 Torah scrolls rescued from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
Middle Israel: From Caesar to Netanyahu, Israel prepares to enter a post-charisma era - opinion
How long this transition will last is anyone’s guess, but for an Israel crushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s overbearing charisma, the post-charismatic era’s emergence will not be one day too early.
New commission aims to put American Jewish museum under Smithsonian network
The commission was established with bipartisan support in Congress, passing both the House and Senate unanimously before being signed into law by former US president Joe Biden in December 2024.
Canada declassifies report exposing US intelligence role in resettling Nazis after WWII
In early September, the Federal Court sided with B'nai Brith, ordering the government to remove almost all redactions from the 618-page report pursuant to the Access to Information Act.
Iran’s future will be decided by its people, not separatist factions - opinion
By flirting with marginal, transnational separatist elements, outside powers risk alienating the patriotic majority of the Iranian public.
The imagination that began it all: The Persian-Jewish poet bringing Genesis back to life - opinion
Does an identity gain strength by filtering out every external influence, or by encountering another culture without losing its own essence?
On this day: US, Britain strike Afghanistan over September 11 attacks, kickstart War on Terror
The bombing targeted Taliban and al-Qaeda forces, and was the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom, which would span over a decade until December 31, 2014.
Israel's fourth founding: When the state proved it alone could not keep Israelis safe - opinion
The fourth founding begins with what died on October 7: the idea that the state alone could keep Israelis safe. The onslaught did more than murder and kidnap; it forced a Jewish reckoning.
