History

Before lecturing Israel, Britain should remember its record on Jewish refugees - opinion

A country whose government restricted the escape of persecuted Jews while the Nazi killing machine was gathering momentum should be extremely cautious before preaching morality to the Jewish state.

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Behind the Premier League’s rivalries and football lies a deep Jewish history that helped shape some of its clubs and communities.

Premier League clubs with strong ties to Jewish history and communities

From biblical times to hair-transplant clinics in Istanbul, people have never truly made peace with baldness — even if baldness itself was never really the problem.

A long history of baldness from the Leviticus to modern Istanbul

WEIMAR GERMANY: DEATH OF A DEMOCRACY by Victor Sebestyen

'Death of a Democracy': Exploring the rise and fall of Weimar Germany - review


After decades in darkness: Tel Afek's historic underground waterworks opens to public

The historic Tel Afek waterworks reopens: A journey following the water that saved Jerusalem, featured in a special Nature and Parks Authority series.

The British waterworks at Yarkon National Park.

We went to Tuscany to "do nothing" – and it was the perfect vacation

Among vineyards, wineries, medieval towns, and countryside hotels, we discovered Dolce far niente - and found that doing nothing takes real planning.

Lots of stops along the way just to say, “Wait, we have to take a picture of this.” Tuscany.

Anan Khalaili signs with Crystal Palace, becomes most expensive Israeli transfer in history

The Conference League winners signed the Israeli winger from Saint-Gilloise for £21m on a contract through 2031 with a sixth-year option.

Patience paid off. Anan Khalaili.

What brings neighbors to violence? American historian searches history for answers - feature

Dan David Prize winner Prof. Max Bergholz on how ordinary people are swept into violence.

PROF. MAX BERGHOLZ: Wars don’t make history; rather, people make wars, and then those wars change how people operate, and think, and remember.

This week in Jewish history: Moses ascends Mount Sinai, a massacre shakes Hebron

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.

ADELHEID AND Edmond James de Rothschild visit British Mandate Palestine, 1914.

When family history becomes an Aliyah file

From birth certificates to apostilles, the documents that can turn generations of family history into verifiable proof for an Aliyah application.

“Families remember people through stories. Governments remember them through records.”

Sages, synagogues, and seaside: Discovering Jewish history along the French Riviera

When identifying ourselves, we did not hide the fact that we are Israeli, and reactions were polite. I consider visiting places of Jewish interest a way of supporting the local community.

Chateau D'if, viewed from Marseille.

Beyond war: Why the Middle East needs courage, dialogue, and reconciliation - opinion

Yet history teaches us something different. Military victories may change realities on the ground, but they rarely resolve the deeper wounds that fuel conflict.

 Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, US President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attend a group photo session with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025.

Putin embraces the dark corners of Russia’s history – opinion

The topic of Ukraine’s western borders is of particular interest to Russia’s president, but his so-called Marxism-Leninism argument reveals his flawed logic

Russia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to present Gold Star medals to service members, who were involved in the country's military campaign in Ukraine and awarded the title of Hero of Russia, in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025.

'Reclaiming Redemption Vol. II': Tracing Jewish survival from exile to war - book review

Moshe Taragin’s wartime essays argue that Jewish faith is carried not only through ideas, but through the people whose resilience has preserved it across history.

THE AUTHOR attempts to place today’s challenges within the broader sweep of Jewish history and Torah.