World war i
'Death of a Democracy': Exploring the rise and fall of Weimar Germany - review
Victor Sebestyen has painted a vivid picture of the life and eventual death of Weimar Germany, telling the painful story of Germany between 1918 and 1933.
PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan’s anti-Israel rhetoric threatens Kurdish-Jewish relations - opinion
The Somme, 110 years on: The Jewish soldiers who fought and died
America’s ‘luck’ is running out: The lost industrial engine that powered US greatness - opinion
Wreckage of torpedoed WWI US Navy ship found by divers
The ship was reportedly sunk by German forces during the First World War more than a hundred years ago.
'Your rabbi was taken as a hostage': Accounts of Russian tactics in WWI
Hostage-taking and forced migration were just two methods used by Russian forces in Ukraine and Poland a century ago.
Understanding my great-uncle through his WWI diaries
With access to the thoughts of Dr. Isaak Aron Barasch – raw, uncensored – written by the light of a kerosene lamp in between bombardments, I have gotten to know him intimately.
The trials that Hadassah's female founder faced explored in new book
The story of Henrietta Szold, a heroine to humanism, Zionism and equality, is in many ways the story of modern Jewish history leading up to and in the wake of the First and Second world wars.
On This Day: Ottomans surrender Jerusalem in World War I
The British would continue to hold onto the city until fully withdrawing from Mandatory Palestine in 1948.
Remembering the Maccabees who died fighting for Germany in WWI - opinion
For Martin Buber, the Jewish soldier in the kaiser’s army was a modern Maccabee.
Serbia restores warship that fired first shots of World War I
The SMS Bodrog was one of two Austro-Hungarian gunboats that fired their canons at Belgrade on July 28, 1914, beginning World War I.
On This Day: World War I ends, Unknown Soldiers are buried
World War I ended on November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.
On This Day: Ottomans defeated in World War I's Battle of Beersheba
The Battle of Beersheba broke the stalemate in the Middle East, helped fuel the Balfour Declaration and saw Australian troops launch one of history's last great cavalry charges.
'Bear': Wreck of legendary Coast Guard ship identified after 60 years
Bear is among the most historically significant ships in US history, serving in both world wars as well as the Spanish-American War, and undertaking many brave rescue missions.
