Former Chief Justice Meir Shamgar, Who Helped Shape Israeli Law, Dies at 94
Shamgar held a number of senior positions in law enforcement and the Israeli legal system and left his mark on each one
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Police Data Reveals Scope of German Far-right Extremist Threat
With hundreds gone underground, the far right is undergoing 'mass armament,' according to official statistics – while police come under renewed criticism
Jewish Corsets and a 19th Century Drag Queen: New Exhibition Reveals the Secrets of the Yekkes
The Israeli organization of German-speaking Jews asked its members to rummage through their crawlspaces and attics – and was stunned by what they produced
Her Nazi Grandfather Took Over a Jewish Family’s Home; She Made Sure They Will Be Remembered
Yad Vashem added three people to its Holocaust victims’ database after a German woman discovered that her grandfather was given their estate in Poland after they were sent to the Warsaw Ghetto
Analysis German Synagogue Shooting Makes Clear the Far Right Targets Jews and Muslims Alike
The August 2018 attack in Chemnitz foreshadowed that the assaults could escalate from verbal abuse to killings
Two Killed in Shooting Near German Synagogue, One Suspect Arrested
Shooter live streamed the attack in a video in which he can be heard saying: 'Jews are root of all problems' ■ Netanyahu: 'Terror attack expression of rising anti-Semitism in Europe'
Yom Kippur War: The Price of Israeli Hubris
He went to war raring to fight, but after half an hour he saw his company crushed. Oded Meggido's historical research explains how ‘arrogance’ cost the lives of 61 men
'All the Arabs Will Pounce on Us': Newly Released Protocols From Yom Kippur War Reveal Moshe Dayan Feared Massive Israeli Loss
Minutes from top army brass deliberations during the 1973 war show then-IDF Chief of Staff David Elazar thought the war was an existential battle, while Dayan warned that 'no one will fight for us'
Self-styled Arab Jew Shimon Ballas Was the First Iraqi Israeli to Publish a Novel in Hebrew
Instead of becoming an Israeli Zionist, Ballas chose to remain faithful to the identity he defined as Arab-Jew – despite the fact that the Arab was seen in the country as inferior, as a stranger and an enemy
130,000 Descendants of Jews Expelled From Spain File Citizenship Applications
The application deadline was Tuesday; applicants are required to prove their descent from Spanish Jews who were forced out in the 1492 Spanish Inquisition
The Jews Aren't to Blame for Jesus' Death, a Bible Scholar Asserts
If Prof. Israel Knohl is right, history books will require rewriting and Church sermons around the world will have to be rethought
Polish President Denies Saying Israel Is Responsible for anti-Semitism in Poland
Jewish Insider reported Poland's Duda blamed anti-Polish rhetoric by Israeli leadership for rising anti-Semitic attack in Poland, but his office, other participants provided a different account of the event
Israel’s Population Passes Nine Million on Eve of Rosh Hashanah
Central Bureau of Statistics records 35,000 new immigrants arriving in the past year
Israel Honors WWI Australian Aborigine Fighters at Center Near Sea of Galilee
A statue, 'The Aborigine and His Horse,' was dedicated this week in Tzemach 101 years after the fateful battle, in honor of the Aborigine soldiers who fought and fell in WWI
U.S. Covered Up an Israeli Nuclear Test in 1979, Foreign Policy Says
Exactly 40 years ago, an American spy satellite recorded a double flash over the South Atlantic, which the Carter administration blamed on a satellite glitch
How Double Agent Oleg Gordievsky Changed the Course of History
He exposed Soviet espionage rings, helped avert a nuclear conflagration and changed the course of the Cold War. The story of a senior KGB officer who, as a double agent, became one of the most influential spies ever
Austrian Parliament Grants Holocaust Survivors, Descendants Right to Citizenship
All parties agree to amend existing law to include those who left before 1955 and their families, allowing them to keep dual citizenship
Filmed in Auschwitz With Former Prisoners, First Holocaust Feature Film Was a Feminist Triumph
Centering around the story of a real Jewish heroine, the first ever Holocaust feature film was a revolutionary female-led experiment. 'They did everything automatically, as returning prisoners. It was frightening'
A Church Was Built on Holocaust Survivor's Land in Poland. Her Daughter Wants It Back
The neighbor managing the property, who saved her mother from the Nazis, ‘donated’ it to the Catholic Church. Now the Polish government has intervened – on behalf of the church
Analysis In Polish Ceremony Marking 80 Years Since WWII, the Poles Forgot One Thing
In events marking 80 years since Nazi invasion of Poland that started the war, genocide of Jews was swallowed up like it never happened
In WWII Commemoration, German President Apologizes to Poland, Omits Jewish Victims
Steinmeier says in Warsaw war was a 'German crime,' warns of dangers of nationalism
The 80th Anniversary of World War II: Mixing Victims in With Perpetrators
Now 80 years after the start of the war, Europe nations grapple with their past, turning Nazi collaborators into national heroes
The Jewish Dancer Undressed Slowly. Then She Shot an SS Soldier to Death
The Jerusalem Ballet is paying tribute to Franceska Mann, a Polish dancer who put on her last performance en route to Auschwitz’s gas chamber
How the 1929 Arab Massacres of Jews Shaped a Generation of Israeli Leaders
More than 130 Jews were killed in Jerusalem, Hebron and elsewhere. Children would write about their experiences, and Haaretz noted that ‘we know that the whole of the Arab nation in this land wasn’t responsible’
The Crime: Collaborating With the Nazis. The Punishment: Excommunication From Judaism
Was a Judenrat member a traitor to his people? A new study addresses a little-discussed chapter in Holocaust history, and recalls how Israel's early judicial system dealt with Jews who collaborated with Nazis
Israeli Tech Pioneer Who Made It Possible to Talk on Skype and Watch YouTube Dies
Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and Virginia-based Internet Society’s hall of fame, Danny Cohen's name may not be well known, but his work helped shape how we use the internet
'I Didn’t Think Why. I Just Did It': Polish Woman Who Saved Jewish Family in the Holocaust Dies at 102
'I myself didn’t feel any fear,' Krystyna Danko recalled, 'Apparently, the rapid pace at which all these events occurred prevented me from thinking about what could happen'
Despite Deep Loathing, These Israeli Leaders Were the Only Ones to Form a Rotation Government
With speculations of a national unity government after September 17, a look back at Shamir and Peres, who established one in 1984 after failing to gain Knesset majority
‘They Are Like a Hurricane’: Israelis Flock to Poland, and the Locals Are Not Happy
Poland’s growing popularity as a destination has exposed a culture clash between brash sabras and European gentility
French Cut Secret Deal With Palestinian Terror Group in 1980s, Former Top Spy Says
Former French spy chief says authorities agreed not to arrest members of Abu Nidal group if it refrained from attacks on French soil