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‘True story, phony AI photo’ - opinion

For some time now, AI-generated Holocaust images have been flooding social media.

AN AI-generated image of a nurse holding a smiling woman in her arms in a concentration camp.
 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

On This Day in 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is liberated by Soviet Army

PORTRAIT OF Aaron Sapiro, the Jewish lawyer who sued Henry Ford.

Jewish lawyer who sued Henry Ford for libel remembered in new documentary

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Parashat Bo: The world is catching up, again


A new web series from the creators of My Trip

My Trip launches “Moments in Time” – an original six-part web series that reveals the moments that shaped human history, blending art, cinema, and technological innovation.

“Moments in Time”

Israel's oldest person, Adele Samuelson, passes away at 111

Her grandchildren, Keren and Guy Gourfil, said that their grandmother was "an extraordinary, hardworking, and purposeful woman."

 Adele Samuelson

Open House: A behind-the-scenes look at Jerusalem

There are 164 tours to prominent buildings, public institutions, private homes, and quaint hideaways nestled in obscure spots around town unbeknownst to the majority of us.

The Talbiyeh neighborhood of Jerusalem.

‘A Call at 4 AM': Extracts from Amit Segal's magnum opus on Israel's leaders

In 'A Call at 4 AM: Thirteen Prime Ministers and the Crucial Decisions That Shaped Israeli Politics,' journalist and media personality Amit Segal offers a fisheye view of Israeli politics.

AMIT SEGAL at work in the Knesset.

Chinese woman charged in 1.5 million euro gold nugget theft from Paris Natural History Museum

She was arrested at Barcelona airport on September 30 with about one kilogram of melted gold and remains in provisional detention, according to prosecutors.

the National Museum of Natural History in France.

Rare Assyrian inscription unearthed near Temple Mount reveals communication with the King of Judah

The finding provides “direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," according to an excavation expert.

 Dr. Ayala Zilberstein, excavation director on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, holding the rare sealing.

Enigmatic Jurassic reptile looks like a mix of snake and lizard

If it was not part of the snake lineage, Breugnathair may have been an evolutionary dead end, with snake-like predatory habits emerging separately in a group that ultimately went extinct.

A handout illustration shows a reconstruction of the Jurassic species Breugnathair elgolensis, which possessed characteristics both of lizards and snakes, and lived 167 million years ago, based on fossils discovered in Scotland.

How mean was this new Argentine dinosaur? It had a croc leg in its jaws

Joaquinraptor probably fed on plant-eating dinosaurs including juveniles of the enormous long-necked titanosaurs that populated the area, duck-billed hadrosaurs and possibly others.

An artist's impression of the Cretaceous meat-eating dinosaur Joaquinraptor, whose fossilized remains were unearthed in Argentina's Patagonia region, is shown in this image released on September 23, 2025.

Algerian authorities demolish one of last remaining historic synagogues in country's capital

Local sources said that the demolition had been planned for several years but was delayed due to interventions from an unspecified foreign embassy.

The Chaloum Lebar synagogue in “Bab El Oued” in Algiers, Algeria.

In National Book Awards finalist, Jewish trans boy and golem team up to save the world

The novel, which is aimed for middle-grade readers, features a young Jewish transgender boy who teams up with a golem, a creature from Jewish folklore, to save the world from demons.

Kyle Lukoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 04, 2023.