KKL-JNF marks Tu Bishvat, highlighting tree-planting tradition with newly released archival photos
“These photographs document a tradition that continues today and connects generations and Jewish communities around the world,” Sinai said.
History
On This Day in 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is liberated by Soviet Army
I went looking for Holocaust ‘upstanders.’ I found a Nazi rescuer who chose conscience
Jerusalem commemorates the ‘Egoz’ shipwreck disaster, 65 years later
Newly-discovered Einstein letter surfaces in Tel Aviv, reveals praise for Jewish assistant
The letter has not yet been authenticated but is most likely genuine, according to external expert opinion given to TPS-IL.
Nazi killer in infamous ‘Last Jew in Vinnitsa’ picture finally identified using AI
Jakobus Onnen, a teacher from the town of Tichelwarf, was identified as the Nazi gunman in the 1941 photograph titled ‘The Last Jew in Vinnitsa.’
Where are your Jews?: Israel marks expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran
Israel honors the Jews expelled from Arab nations and Iran on November 30, recalling the mass immigration to Israel after 1948.
Abba Hillel Silver: The American Zionist leader who brought Israel into being
We have the state, but could it have been different if Abba Hillel Silver’s ideas had been embraced?
A book about Germans who had status, safety and power; and still chose to defy Hitler - review
In September 1943, a group that included aristocrats, a diplomat, a pioneering educator, and an intelligence officer gathered in a Berlin drawing room. Not to gossip, but to defy the Nazi regime.
This month in Jewish history: Operation Moses, Hanukkah, and Spinoza
A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
Smooching through the ages: First kiss was 20 million years ago by early primates, scientists say
Platonic pecks are thought to be used to navigate complex social relationships or increase bonding.
How one reporter uncovered a sealed Nazi bunker under a Brazilian manssion
Leonilda Brunheri told him she once entered a tunnel and saw “Nazi paraphernalia,” while former housekeeper Irisma Anna Heis Grohe described a secret room reached through a hidden doorway.
A Feast Fit for A King
Experience unlike any other. The Biblical Museum of Natural History brings Torah to life with creatures, curiosities, and an exotic dining.
On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers
November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.
