Jewish History
UN’s Ban Ki-moon Visits Auschwitz in Holocaust Commemoration
JNS.org - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the remnants of the Auschwitz death camp for the first time in his current role, and walked...
Carmel Caves Named UNESCO World Heritage Site
JNS.org - The Carmel Caves site in northern Israel has been named the newest World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for "providing a definitive chronological framework at...
Drought Led to Rise of Ancient Israelite Kingdom, Study Says
JNS.org - A series of major droughts may have led to the collapse of several great Bronze Age civilizations in the eastern Mediterranean between 1250 and 1100 B.C.E, leading to the rise of new...
Netanyahu: Jewish People Have ‘Deep Connection to Hebron’
JNS.org - A day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the Israeli leader sent a letter of support to the Jewish community of Hebron. Several hundred...
The American Cartoonists Who Spoke Out Against Kristallnacht
JNS.org - "I could scarcely believe that such a thing could occur in a...
Jesus in Jewish Art: The Missing Pieces
Medieval and Renaissance artworks commonly Christianized Jesus, his family, and close followers while omitting their Jewish...
World Jewish Congress Commends Blocking of Nazi War Criminal’s Funeral
JNS.org - World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has expressed support over reports that...
Large Questions Face Future of Iraqi Jewish Archive
JNS.org - A tip in May 2003 about a 7th-century Talmud volume in...
Newly Canonized Popes John Paul II, John XXIII Praised for Condemning Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed the Vatican's announcement of the canonization of...
UN’s Ban Ki-moon Visits Auschwitz in Holocaust Commemoration
JNS.org - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the remnants of the Auschwitz death camp for the first time in his current role, and walked under...
Carmel Caves Named UNESCO World Heritage Site
JNS.org - The Carmel Caves site in northern Israel has been named the newest World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific...
Drought Led to Rise of Ancient Israelite Kingdom, Study Says
JNS.org - A series of major droughts may have led to the collapse of several great Bronze Age civilizations in the eastern Mediterranean between...
Netanyahu: Jewish People Have ‘Deep Connection to Hebron’
JNS.org - A day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the Israeli leader sent a letter...
The American Cartoonists Who Spoke Out Against Kristallnacht
JNS.org - "I could scarcely believe that such a thing could occur in a 20th-century civilization," President Franklin Roosevelt declared in the wake of...
Jesus in Jewish Art: The Missing Pieces
Medieval and Renaissance artworks commonly Christianized Jesus, his family, and close followers while omitting their Jewish identities. This phenomenon contributed significantly to the historic rift between...
World Jewish Congress Commends Blocking of Nazi War Criminal’s Funeral
JNS.org - World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has expressed support over reports that Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman has given an order not...
Large Questions Face Future of Iraqi Jewish Archive
JNS.org - A tip in May 2003 about a 7th-century Talmud volume in the basement of the Iraqi intelligence ministry (Mukhabarat) led a...
Newly Canonized Popes John Paul II, John XXIII Praised for Condemning Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed the Vatican's announcement of the canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII, citing their groundbreaking...
A Look at the History of Israeli Paratroopers (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - The following is a full transcript of an interview with Yossi Klein Halevi, research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, on his...
Holocaust Hideout in Warsaw Destroyed by Polish Couple
JNS.org - A Polish couple pleaded guilty to the desecration of a historic site for destroying a Holocaust-era Jewish hideout in the Warsaw apartment...
Anti-Semitic Advisor to FDR Sabotaged UN Human Rights Efforts
JNS.org - As debate mounts over whether the U.S. should bypass the United Nations Security Council and take military action in response to human rights...
Nixon, Truman, and FDR’s Private Thoughts About Jews
JNS.org - The latest tapes of President Richard M. Nixon's private conversations reveal a number of anti-Semitic remarks made by the president. This is...
Art Exhibit Corrects History and Helps Repair Jewish/Christian Relations
Rembrandt and the Images of Jesus, a 2011-2012 exhibit curated by the Louvre, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Detroit Institute of Arts presented artworks, primarily...
