Jewish people
Russia’s Sergey Lavrov asserts Hitler “had Jewish blood,” prompting Israeli government fury
World
May 2, 2022
Russia’s Sergey Lavrov asserts Hitler “had Jewish blood,” prompting Israeli government fury
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said over the weekend that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler had “Jewish blood,” prompting a…
Ex-Israeli, Palestinian negotiators propose confederation
Middle East
February 8, 2022
Ex-Israeli, Palestinian negotiators propose confederation
JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that…
Woman now thought to be Afghanistan’s last Jew flees country
Middle East
October 30, 2021
Woman now thought to be Afghanistan’s last Jew flees country
JERUSALEM (AP) — For years, Zebulon Simentov branded himself as the “last Jew of Afghanistan,” the sole remnant of a…
As Israel and Moroccan Jews celebrate new ties, others are critical
Middle East
December 12, 2020
As Israel and Moroccan Jews celebrate new ties, others are critical
RABAT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and Moroccan Jews on Friday celebrated an agreement to normalize relations between the two countries, but…
Born in a concentration camp: the Holocaust’s youngest survivors
World
May 5, 2020
Born in a concentration camp: the Holocaust’s youngest survivors
Holocaust survivor Florence Schulmann has always worried that if she went into schools to recount her experience, it would sound…
Auschwitz online: raising Holocaust awareness in the digital age
World
April 14, 2020
Auschwitz online: raising Holocaust awareness in the digital age
Every day, Pawel Sawicki, head of social media at the Auschwitz Museum, posts several photos of victims of the former…
Auschwitz survivors to sound alarm 75 years after liberation
World
January 27, 2020
Auschwitz survivors to sound alarm 75 years after liberation
Seventy-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, a dwindling number of elderly Holocaust survivors gathered at the former German Nazi…
Survivors, dignitaries to mark Auschwitz liberation 75 years on
World
January 25, 2020
Survivors, dignitaries to mark Auschwitz liberation 75 years on
Elderly Holocaust survivors will gather in Auschwitz on Monday, some for the last time, to mark 75 years since Soviet…
Trump, Israel, and American Jews
Opinion
December 18, 2019
Trump, Israel, and American Jews
Trump signed a new executive order sparking controversy among supporters of the Palestinian cause in the US, with the toughest…
Holocaust survivors meet their saviour 75 years later
World
November 4, 2019
Holocaust survivors meet their saviour 75 years later
Eyes brimming with tears, 92-year-old Melpomeni Dina Gianopoulou was reunited Sunday with Jewish siblings she had helped hide from Nazis…