World war ii
From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats
At the event organized by Zikaron Basalon and the Anti-Defamation League at the latter’s Jerusalem office, Clevs brought the diplomats back in time to when he was eight years old.
Holocaust education gets a bad rap, but it’s not falling short, we are - opinion
From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel
Modigliani painting looted, resold by Nazis returned to estate of rightful Jewish owner
Outgoing US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg says Ukraine-Russia peace deal is 'really close'
Those proposals, which Russia now says contain 27 points, have been split up into four different components, according to the Kremlin. The exact contents are not in the public domain.
On This Day: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, thrusting US into WWII
The infamous Japanese surprise attack on the US naval base in Hawaii 80 years ago became immortalized as a "day which will live in infamy."
Sweden’s funding scandal empowered antisemitic networks, endangered Jews - opinion
Roughly $100 million in public funds in Sweden were diverted to institutional networks tied to radical Islamic actors, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reported.
How activists misused Nazi-era Dutch Jewish advocate's name to justify intimidation - opinion
By blocking a lawful public lecture, activists misused Cleveringa’s name and violated the sacred principle on which the academy is founded.
Israel Prize-winning director Ram Loevy passes away at 85
After the Six-Day War, Loevy helped set up the Israel Broadcasting Authority and Channel One in the late Sixties. He also taught at several film schools.
Israeli Air Force hero Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky passes away at 104
Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky will be laid to rest, with a full military ceremony, on Monday at 2:30 PM at the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery in Tel Aviv.
Steinmeier becomes first German head of state to visit Guernica since 1937 Nazi bombing
The German president laid a wreath at a cemetery housing a mausoleum built in 1973 for hundreds of victims of the bombings.
Germany may try 100-year-old alleged Nazi SS guard from WWII POW camp
Although the number of suspects in Nazi crimes is rapidly dwindling due to old age, prosecutors are still working to bring individuals to justice.
National Book Award in nonfiction goes to ‘One day, everyone will have always been against this'
“It’s very difficult to think in celebratory terms about a book that was written in response to a genocide,” El Akkad said in his acceptance speech.
Germany halts Holocaust artifacts auction amid widespread criticism
“For victims of Nazi persecution and Holocaust survivors, this auction is a cynical and shameless undertaking that leaves them outraged and speechless.” said Christoph Heubner.