History

Letters of love and survival: A Holocaust love story preserved at Yad Vashem

A young Orthodox couple in Hungary exchanged messages that sustained them through forced labor, ghettos, brazen escapes, and months in hiding.

(L-R): MEIR HIRSCHFELD, 1936. IDIT PAPA, 1942

From Harbin to Hollywood: The tale of two talented Jewish sisters in China's 'Ice City'

CHINA’S ‘ICE CITY’: The giant snowman at Harbin Musical Park, a city landmark. Tourists enjoy Harbin’s Ice and Snow World (L) and the International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival.

New biography alleges Prince Philip secretly battled pancreatic cancer for eight years

'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack - review

Germans read an antisemitic tabloid on a billboard: 'The Jews are our misfortune.' That was in 1935. The Palestinian Authority still teaches hate and violence toward Jews today, the author writes.

Historic discovery: New species of ancient shark discovered in Kentucky cave

Macadens olsoni is notable for its unique tooth whorl, a curved row of teeth designed for crushing small sea creatures.

JULY 31, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Graphic depicting a prehistoric shark with large, jagged teeth about to bite a small, large-eyed sea creature. Proposed reconstruction of the new to science species Macadens olsoni, discovered through fossil research at Mammoth Cave National Park.

Divers discover World War I cruiser HMS Nottingham in the North Sea

Undisturbed at a depth of 82 meters, the wreck of HMS Nottingham bore a tragic human toll - 38 crew members perished when the cruiser was torpedoed by the German submarine U-52 on August 19, 1916.

JULY 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Divers discover World War I cruiser HMS Nottingham in the North Sea.

This week in Jewish history: Israel and Jordan end state of enmity

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

JULY 26, 2025BySTEVEN DRUCKER

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein shake hands, as then-US president Bill Clinton applauds, at the peace treaty signing ceremony at the border between the two countries, in 1994.

Team behind Nazi Gold Train 'discovery' cite pseudoscientific radiesthesia as main tool

The team asserts a hidden tunnel contains three wagons of Nazi treasures.

JULY 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Entrance to Nazi complex "Riese", underground factories of Walim Part, Rzeczka. Walim, Lower Silesia, Poland.

Shipwreck of Japanese destroyer Teruzuki found off Guadalcanal

Discovery of the wreck was announced on July 12 by the Ocean Exploration Trust.

JULY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shipwreck of Japanese destroyer Teruzuki found off Guadalcanal.

This week in Jewish history: Miracle aids and antibiotics

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

JULY 19, 2025BySTEVEN DRUCKER

THANK YOU, Selman Waksman, for isolating streptomycin.