Jewish History
The False Prophets of the Middle East
As President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry moved to mediate the Hamas-Israel War on Monday, it is worth recalling that Mideast...
Belzec — Past and Present
Belzec. It's not exactly a household name. But during World War II, Belzec, a small town in southeastern Poland, was one of the main Nazi death camps in the occupied country, along with Auschwitz-Birkenau, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor,...
‘The German Doctor’ Reveals the Same Inhumane Mengele
JNS.org - Seven decades after the Holocaust, Josef Mengele is still a difficult name to stomach, as the repercussions of his medical experiments echo throughout history. So when I first heard about "The German...
D-Day and the Bombing of Auschwitz
JNS.org - Seventy years ago this week, the Allies staged the D-Day invasion, landing some 24,000 troops on the beaches along France's Normandy Coast in one of the major turning points of World War...
A 1914 Novel’s Prescient Vision of Londonistan
Exactly one century ago, the renowned British writer G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), called by his admirers the...
New York’s Diamond District and Jewish Tradition
"ŽThe diamond district of New York City can trace its origins to the centuries-old Hasidic...
2,500 Jews Make Pilgrimage to Ancient Tunisian Synagogue Despite Instability
JNS.org - More than 2,500 Jews last weekend made the pilgrimage to Tunisia's ancient synagogue...
Message to Russia: There Was Never a ‘Good’ Hitler
In an article recently printed in a pro-Kremlin newspaper, Andranik Migranyan, head of a pro-Russian...
An Honest Evaluation of Zionist Pioneer Ze’ev Jabotinsky (REVIEW)
JNS.org - I confess that I came to Hillel Halkin's "Jabotinsky: A Life" with...
The False Prophets of the Middle East
As President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry moved to mediate the Hamas-Israel War on Monday, it is worth recalling that Mideast peace...
Belzec — Past and Present
Belzec. It's not exactly a household name. But during World War II, Belzec, a small town in southeastern Poland, was one of the main Nazi death camps...
‘The German Doctor’ Reveals the Same Inhumane Mengele
JNS.org - Seven decades after the Holocaust, Josef Mengele is still a difficult name to stomach, as the repercussions of his medical experiments echo...
D-Day and the Bombing of Auschwitz
JNS.org - Seventy years ago this week, the Allies staged the D-Day invasion, landing some 24,000 troops on the beaches along France's Normandy Coast...
A 1914 Novel’s Prescient Vision of Londonistan
Exactly one century ago, the renowned British writer G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), called by his admirers the greatest writer and thinker of the twentieth century, published a...
New York’s Diamond District and Jewish Tradition
"ŽThe diamond district of New York City can trace its origins to the centuries-old Hasidic Jewish community originating from Antwerp, Belgium, and other areas of...
2,500 Jews Make Pilgrimage to Ancient Tunisian Synagogue Despite Instability
JNS.org - More than 2,500 Jews last weekend made the pilgrimage to Tunisia's ancient synagogue in Djerba, a tiny island that is home to Africa's...
Message to Russia: There Was Never a ‘Good’ Hitler
In an article recently printed in a pro-Kremlin newspaper, Andranik Migranyan, head of a pro-Russian organization here in Manhattan, suggested that had Hitler stopped in...
An Honest Evaluation of Zionist Pioneer Ze’ev Jabotinsky (REVIEW)
JNS.org - I confess that I came to Hillel Halkin's "Jabotinsky: A Life" with some suspicion. First, Daniel Gordis wrote a book about former...
Jewish WWII Veterans Mark Victory Day in Israel (PHOTOS)
JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Jewish World War II veterans of the Allied armies, the majority from the Former Soviet Union, attended the official Yad Vashem ceremony...
‘A Death Sentence for the Jews’: 75 Years Since the British White Paper
JNS.org - "We know we are going to be bamboozled," a despondent Stephen Wise, the foremost American Jewish leader of his time, confided...
The Holocaust Survivors Who Fell in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence
A special monument is located at the end of the trail that connects Israel's Yad Vashem, the official memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust,...
Preserving the Memories of Israel’s Creation
JNS.org - Elad Peled, 87, has told the story of how he was injured during the battle for Tzfat (Safed) in Israel's War...
Love Rules on 70th Anniversary of Bau Couple’s Concentration Camp Wedding
JNS.org - In stark contrast to the many somber memorials that recall the tragedies of the Holocaust, the Tel Aviv-based Joseph Bau Museum this...