Warsaw

Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive

The Ghetto Fighters’ House brings rare archival artifacts and stories to Givatayim for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, linking past resilience to today’s changing world.

Janusz Korczak motivated the children in his care by giving them jolly cards.
The Maccabi Krakow ice hockey team in full flow during a game in 1934.

When Jewish athletes dominated Polish sport: A lost legacy

Tombstones at the Jewish Cemetery on Okopowa Street in Warsaw, Poland.

Warsaw Jewish cemetery director fired after clashing with state-funded heritage group

The Israeli flag waves as lights are lit on the Hanukkah candelabrum during a ceremony of the Jewish Hanukkah festival of lights at Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany December 14, 2025.

New York, Berlin, London ramp up Hanukkah security after Bondi Beach shootings


Arab message from Warsaw: No PA veto power over Israel contacts - Analysis

What makes the very presence of Arab ministers in Warsaw significant, even if they do not shake hands with Netanyahu in front of whirling cameras, is that the Palestinians asked them not to come.

Iranian communities in Europe hold a rally to protest against Iranian government's human rights violations during a global summit focused on the Middle East and Iran in Warsaw, Poland February 13, 2019

Netanyahu: Israel and Arab states advancing common interest of combating Iran

Israel is working to oust Iran from Syria, Netanyahu said, adding, “we are obligated to do this and we will do this.”

Netanyahu ice skate rink Warsaw - Feb. 13, 2019

Netanyahu confirms Israel attacked Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that Israel acted against Iran on Monday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara boarding the plane to Warsaw

Netanyahu off to Warsaw for summit on Middle East and Iran

Netanyahu is the only head of government scheduled to attend, with the other 60 states sending representatives at the ministerial or deputy ministerial level.

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem

Lebanese FM says won’t join Warsaw conference because of Israel

He said that participating in the conference would run contrary to Lebanon’s “differentiation” policy.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Bassil attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Lavrov in Moscow

Palestinian Authority calls on Arabs to boycott U.S. conference in Warsaw

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last month that the meeting would the meeting would also deal with Iran's "destablizing influence" in the region.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a news conference following the extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey

Plans for Warsaw Ghetto Museum unveiled

Stankowski is in Israel to present the Warsaw Ghetto Museum education and research project to the Israeli media, educational tour guides and Holocaust historians and researchers.

rof. Daniel Blatman (left), chief historian, and director Albert Sankowski of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum

Warsaw recalled in ‘Who will write our history’

In Israel, the film is scheduled to be shown at the cinematheques in Haifa, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and at the Western Galilee College in Acre.

DIRECTOR ROBERTA GROSSMAN with actors Karolina Gruszka (Judyta Ringelblum) and Piotr Głowacki (Emanuel Ringelblum) on set in Poland

Heroes in our midst

A round-up of news from around Israel.

In this file photo taken on April 18, 2013 89 year old Simcha "Kazik" Rotem (C) attends a commemoration ceremony in Warsaw

The life and legacy of Holocaust hero Simcha ‘Kazik’ Rotem

When Deborah asks Rotem if he thinks they’ll make it, he responds: “The only thing I can think of is how to blow the bastards up.”

In this file photo taken on April 18, 2013 89 year old Simcha "Kazik" Rotem (C) attends a commemoration ceremony in Warsaw