History
On This Day in 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is liberated by Soviet Army
At last year's 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation, only 50 survivors attended the ceremony in Poland, and it is estimated that fewer than 1,000 Auschwitz survivors remain globally.
Jewish lawyer who sued Henry Ford for libel remembered in new documentary
Parashat Bo: The world is catching up, again
NASA on the brink of history: Rocket on its way to the moon – final preparations underway
Hanukkah 2025: The power of the invisible
Ancient Greek culture, based on Aristotle’s philosophy, believed only in what is 'before the eyes' – what can be seen, touched, measured, and proven.
High-tech cleaning brings back brutal detail of Rome’s Danube wars
The hand-held lasers concentrate flickering beams of light onto the stone, with the heat they generate lifting away black deposits of pollution to reveal the white Carrara marble beneath.
Hanukkah: It’s not all about light, it's about uncomfortable questions, too - opinion
Hanukkah is not sentimental spirituality: It is political theology. It proclaims that Jewish existence is not justified by how pleasing it is to others, nor how dissolves into general humanity.
Hanukkah discovery: Rare Hasmonean lamp, Second Temple stylus found near Jerusalem
The Civil Administration said the artifacts add to a growing corpus of Second Temple–era material recovered in recent years across the West Bank.
Jack the Ripper identified as Jewish barber Aaron Kosminski, historian claims
A historian says new DNA analysis confirms longtime suspect Aaron Kosminski - but experts warn the evidence remains far from definitive.
Libya's Red Castle museum opens for first time since fall of Gaddafi
The museum, Libya's largest, was closed in 2011 during a NATO-backed uprising against longtime ruler Gaddafi, who appeared on the castle's ramparts to deliver a fiery speech.
'Post' writer rediscovers grave of fallen British World War I hero in Jerusalem
HISTORICAL AFFAIRS: Private Sam Greyman's journey took him from Russia to Leeds to Jerusalem.
'Jewish Roots of American Liberty': Explaining the Jewish connection to the American story - review
Jewish Roots of American Liberty explains and illuminates the tight historical, political, and cultural connection between the US and the Jewish people.
Hanukkah miracle: Israel discovers evidence of Judah Maccabee’s battlefield near Jerusalem
The site is widely identified with the ancient village of Bet Zecharia, where the Seleucid army and the forces of Judah Maccabee clashed in what is known as the fifth Maccabean battle.
Viktor Ullmann’s Shoa opera ‘Emperor of Atlantis’ premieres in Hebrew
The first Hebrew production of Der Kaiser von Atlantis brings Ullmann’s opera to stages across Israel this month.
