World war ii
From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel
Dov Levin escaped the Kovno Ghetto, fought in the forests, and crossed war-torn Europe alone to reach Israel - documenting every step of a journey defined by loss, resilience, and purpose.
Modigliani painting looted, resold by Nazis returned to estate of rightful Jewish owner
A lost novel from 1943 that predicted the Holocaust has been recovered
Holocaust survivor, descendants urge High Court to allow Gaza children medical access
In a Polish town where locals burned Jews alive in 1941, new plaques deny complicity with Nazis
In 1941, local residents of Jedwabne killed hundreds of their Jewish neighbors, most of them in a barn where they were burned alive.
False equivalency of Gaza and Dresden: One was revenge, the other self-defense - opinion
Dresden was revenge against a defeated enemy. Gaza is self-defense against an enemy that still openly calls for Israel’s annihilation.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: A humanist composer who opposed the Nazis, helped Jews
So, next time you hear the rapt, silken poetry of The Lark Ascending, give a thought not only to Vaughan Williams the composer, but to the humanist who opposed the Nazis.
From 1945 to 2025: Netanyahu channels Churchill as he seeks to turn war into legacy - opinion
Both men understood that in politics, being right isn’t enough – you must also be right at the right moment, with the right crisis, and the right democratic mandate.
An emotional exploration in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan offers modern transportation, including domestic flights, modern, high-speed trains, and regular trains from the Soviet days.
For Israelis under Iranian barrage, deadly nights alternate with days brimming with life
Ever resilient, Israelis are finding a new routine during a national emergency after war breaks out in the region.
Reaccepting the Torah: Looking back the first Shavuot after the fall of Nazi Germany
For many Holocaust survivors, May 18, 1945 was the first Shavuot they were able to celebrate after years of war.
'Dangerous distortion,' Auschwitz Museum calls out AI-generated images of Holocaust victims
The museum claims that the Facebook page 90's History has been producing AI images of Auschwitz victims, using "real content," from its website.
Operation Benjamin: Finding lost Jewish-American war heroes and honoring their memory
An organization tracks down the Jewish heroes of World Wars I and II, and honors them with the symbol of their faith, even more than a century after they made the ultimate sacrifice.
Review: Meet the woman who saved countless art masterpieces from the Nazis
Valland is the real-life heroine of “The Art Spy,” a curator at Jeu de Paume Museum in Paris in the 1940s.
