Keyword "Jewish history" - List of latest news (144 results)

19/04 How Abraham Lincoln in a kippah wound up making a $250,000 deal on ‘Shark Tank’

While at the Library of Congress, Ari Siegel encountered a handwritten letter from Abraham Lincoln, and said the experience taught him that primary source documents were the key to learning history.

12/04 A journey through Seder night: A time machine of Jewish memory - opinion

From ancient Egypt to now: A look at Jewish seder nights through the ages.

09/04 Kazakhstan textbooks promote tolerance, respect for Judaism, Israel - IMPACT report finds

Kazakhstan's school curriculum offers a largely positive portrayal of Judaism and Jewish history, and in many cases, a balanced approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

08/04 Life lessons: My Passover in Soviet unfreedom - opinion

The history of Soviet Jewish refuseniks demonstrates Jewish resilience throughout the generations.

07/04 The Indian Jewish journey to Israel: A story of return, not invasion - opinion

For the Jews of India, Israel was not viewed as a foreign land to colonize but rather as the ancient homeland of the Jewish people.

06/04 'Embracing Exile': Defending Jewish Diaspora as source of identity, prosperity, pride - review

In his book Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora, David Kraemer seeks to provide a “fuller picture” of issues related to Jewish identity, place, and home.

04/04 This week in Jewish history: Nebi Musa riots, death of Reb Aryeh Levin

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

04/04 My Word: A Passover lesson to be learned - opinion

We are commanded to tell the children the story of the Exodus as if it happened to each of us personally. It is the ultimate teachable moment.

02/04 Why Judaism warns against unanimous decisions in government - opinion

A decision made unanimously by a large group and which determines a person’s future is guided by external considerations rather than by the merits of the matter at hand.

29/03 This week in Jewish history: Birth of Hebrew University

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

29/03 'Letters from Home': Exploring tension among Jews in in the Second Temple era - review

The relationship between the Jewish communities of Egypt and Israel created an underlying tension, not unlike the modern-day relationship between world Jewry and the Jews of the State of Israel.

22/03 How antisemitic vandals unwittingly delivered a message of hope to the world - opinion

When our people are defaced and defiled, we shine through as a holy and spiritual nation – a people who stand by each other in the face of hate and emerge stronger in spite of it. 

20/03 Editor's Notes: Visions of Israel reshaped, new politics and society - comment

This time period will be remembered for how it sharply shaped every aspect of Israeli life.

15/03 In a dark period for Israel, Jews must find at least the smallest light to have hope - opinion

This is a dark time for the Jewish people; it is a time when the Jewish people need light.

13/03 What does it mean to live in a time when history touches you? - opinion

We are touching history—not as something distant, something remembered, but as something unfolding beneath our feet.

12/03 Mordechai's leadership lessons: True strength lies in standing together - opinion

As we celebrate Purim this year, we should embrace both the joy and the responsibility that come with it.

08/03 For the greater good: The sacrifices made by Esther and other women for the Jewish people - opinion

Esther secured her place in history, joining a long, celebrated line of women who give of themselves selflessly for the good of the nation.

08/03 Purim during wartime: Remembering Amalek and a day of miraculous survival - opinion

The Jews have been confronted by Amalek throughout history, this hereditary enemy of Israel from wilderness times.

07/03 'Zionism and Jewish Culture': Getting to the true essence of Jewish nationalism - review

Zionism, Prof. Yitzhak Conforti shows, represents a continuation of an ethnic Jewish community that sustained its distinctiveness throughout centuries in the Diaspora.

07/03 This week in Jewish history: The births of Moses and Barbie

A highly abridged version of Dust & Stars.

01/03 A profound holy distinction: Shiloh vs Jerusalem - opinion

Shiloh and Jerusalem represent two complementary forces – engagement with the world and preservation of identity – that drive our journey toward redemption.

01/03 This week in Jewish history: Birthday of Frank Gehry, Yahrzeit of Avraham Ibn Ezra

A highly abridged version of Dust & Stars.

15/02 Faith in dark times: How did God allow the hostages to suffer so much in Gaza? - opinion

How can we explain the relentless horror and violence inflicted upon our people? How is God allowing this to happen – yet again? Are we not promised this land through prophecy?

07/02 This week in Jewish history: Tu Bishvat and so many accomplishments

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

13/01 Rabbi Hirsch: Reform movement wants to be present in rebuilding of Israel

I'm convinced that what we're living through 100 years from now will be seen as a major chapter for the Jewish people and Israel," said Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch.

12/01 Hiking in the Holy Land: Living history in the Land of Milk and Honey

I’ve learned a lot about sheep and goats during my time hiking in Israel. First and foremost, they are not to be feared. This discovery was a significant change from my childhood impression of them.

07/01 It's our responsibility as Jews to revisit, educate ourselves on our own history - opinion

"A generation without history is a generation that not only loses a nation’s memory but loses a sense of what it’s like to be inside a human skin.”

04/01 'Melting Point': Showing the dilemmas and struggles of Diaspora Jewry - review

A descendant of hassidim and Zionist activists, Cockerell writes compellingly about our people’s wanderings, the need for a Jewish homeland, and her family’s fight to create it.

03/01 Hanukkah's miracles shine throughout history - opinion

Hanukkah’s story of triumph teaches gratitude for everyday miracles. As light banishes darkness, the holiday inspires hope, reminding us to find joy in small victories and the miracles around us.

28/12 Hanukkah: Being outnumbered and holding strong is part of being Jewish - opinion

We will always be outnumbered at protests and be the minority on social media. Being among the few and holding our ground is part of being Jewish. 

20/12 'Jesus lived and died as a Jew': Chikli slams Pope for Vatican keffiyeh nativity display

“There is no other way to understand this decision than as a deliberate adoption of the Palestinian narrative,” Chikliwrote to Pope Francis.

18/12 Consistent Torah education has earned today's Jews the stamina to survive - opinion

"I have followed the articles by Walter Bingham in The Jerusalem Report and marvel at what he has accomplished in life, despite the traumatic loss of his family during the Holocaust. Resilience!"

16/12 ‘The Brutalist,’ the epic new movie getting Oscar buzz, is built from the stories of postwar Jews

The Hungarian Jewish designer Marcel Breuer, educated at the Bauhaus school, was forced to renounce his Judaism while he lived in Germany.

15/12 Can Netanyahu achieve a legacy of greatness? - opinion

Prime Minister Netanyahu can be remembered for more than being Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. If he takes bold steps to improve Israel’s peace, sovereignty, and security.

14/12 Tel Dan Stele, oldest archaeological evidence of King David, comes to NY’s Jewish Museum

Before coming to the Jewish Museum, the stele was on display for nearly two months at a biblical archaeology museum in Oklahoma.

12/12 Biden signs law paving way for US Jewish history museum to join Smithsonian

The act establishes a body that will examine whether the Philadelphia Museum, known as the Weitzman, can join the Smithsonian Institution.

10/12 Polish police took initiative in Jewish killings, new book explores

Polish police murdered Jews during the Holocaust with gusto and even without Nazi orders, according to new resesarch.

07/12 On a mission to Auschwitz, I found hope amid the ashes - opinion

I visited Krakow again to work on Jewish-Polish reconciliation and yet again in 2022, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when the shadow of war once again loomed over Europe.

29/11 This week in Jewish history: UN votes in favor of Israel, first kibbutz founded

A highly abridged version of the daily Dust & Stars.

04/11 Graphic novel tells emotional tale of Jews in 1930s aimed at modern audience

Judessey is a fast-moving and attention-grabbing tale, not without moments of real emotion, told in a series of vivid hand-drawn pictures, embellished with speech bubbles.

30/10 Celebrating Aliyah: Stories, flavors, and music from new Olim

ANU – Museum of the Jewish People honors Aliyah Day with a “Human Library” exhibit, immigrant fair, and special events.

30/10 Claims Conference unveils future of Holocaust education in mixed-reality Kristallnacht experience

“There’s a lot of ways to communicate with people about Judaism and the history of Jewish people and the history of antisemitism that people care about. People are interested. People want to learn.”

23/10 Is Israel fighting the October 7 War or the Simchat Torah War? - opinion

By referring to the war as both the “Oct. 7 War” and the “Simchat Torah War,” we evoke different dimensions of this tragedy and its far-reaching aftermath.

16/10 Christopher Columbus? More like Chaim Columbus! Jewishness revealed - opinion

Persistent questions surrounding the identity of Christopher Columbus may finally have been solved, and let’s just say that we may want to start calling him Chaim instead.

12/10 This week in Jewish history: Yom Kippur War turning point, birth of Hebrew and Nazi ghettos

The above is a highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

04/10 'Our Little Histories': A Jewish family saga - review

Janice Weizman’s "Our Little Histories" is an ambitiously crafted novel which acts on one level as a blending of world events with the experiences of a typical Eastern European Jewish family saga.

29/09 This week in Jewish history: Saladin's crusade, Babi Yar, Binding of Isaac

A highly abridged version of the daily Dust & Stars.

28/09 Seventy per cent of Jewish students feel ‘uncomfortable’ revealing their faith

Those who ‘support Israel’s right to exist’ are made to feel unwelcome and attacked by university peers, poll finds

24/09 House approves bill to study making US Jewish history museum part of the Smithsonian

The House approved a bill to study transferring the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian network.

23/09 Israel's path forward: Embracing the Jewish heritage of secularism - opinion

If the secular front in Israel wants to gain increased political support, it will need to begin not by stating what it is, but by defining who it is.

20/09 Jewish federations push US leaders to transfer National Museum of American Jews

With the rise of antisemitism across the US in recent years, JFNA leaders stressed in the letter that the need for the transfer of the museum has become more urgent.

20/09 My Word: The tale of one Jerusalem neighbourhood teaches resilience and hope - opinion

A tour of Jerusalem's Mekor Haim neighborhood reveals its history of resilience, wartime challenges, and ongoing growth, blending past heroism with present-day hope and coexistence amid conflict.

14/09 Rare archaeological stone seal uncovered in Jerusalem

Seal discovery with Paleo-Hebrew script uncovered from the First Temple period during a recent excavation in Jerusalem.

09/09 The Jewish 'status quo' violated? Jewish historical narratives are too often ignored - opinion

Jews were excluded both from the Temple Mount and the Cave of the Patriarchs under Muslim rule over the Land of Israel with few exceptions.

26/08 Israeli minister faces backlash after inviting Jews to pray at Temple Mount

Hard-Right Itamar Ben-Gvir urged Jews to break a 1967 agreement, saying there will no longer be a discriminatory policy at the site

23/08 Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by Nazis

Goławski and Piotr Nazaruk, who leads research at Grodzka Gate, could not name a traditional Jewish bakery like the Bajtels’ today in Poland.

23/08 I’m a rabbi who wrote a fantasy novel drawing inspiration from Judaism's sacred past - opinion

When I was writing, I promised myself I wouldn’t ask where particular elements came from, now I see that I was co-creating all along, drawing on elements from the ancestral past.

21/08 Forging bonds of faith: A Rabbi's journey with evangelical Christians in Poland - opinion

On an interfaith mission to Poland, a rabbi finds new friendships with evangelical leaders as they confront Holocaust history and explore Jewish life together.

18/08 Our future is at risk if level of hatred among us is not reduced - opinion

We believe that the most important lesson of Jewish history is that an independent Jewish state is not something that can be taken for granted.

16/08 Hopefully this will be the first and last 'real' Tisha B'Av after October 7 - opinion

For the first time, I truly understood what it means to mourn for the destruction of the Temple, for the loss of our homeland, and for the countless lives that have been taken in the name of hatred.

14/08 Unveiling Jerusalem: Jodi Magness’s comprehensive archaeological journey through time

'Jerusalem through the Ages' is a wonderful survey of what became, uniquely, a holy city to three of the world’s major religions.

13/08 President Herzog’s message screened at the Tisha B’Av Hostage Square rally in Tel Aviv

The President of Israel commemorated the eve of Tisha B'Av with a message to the Israeli public, highlighting the importance of unity in these crucial times.

12/08 Tisha B’Av: A tragic fast day more relevant than ever - opinion

'Any generation in which the Temple is not rebuilt is considered as if they themselves have destroyed it' (Talmud Yerushalmi Yoma 1:1).

12/08 Israel accuses BBC presenter Mishal Husain of pro-Palestine bias

Host accused of parroting one-sided reports on the Gaza conflict leaving British Jews ‘afraid to walk the streets’

11/08 Exploring Upper Silesia: Natural beauty and Jewish history in Poland’s industrial heartland

A relatively modern city by Polish standards, Katowice was just a village less than 200 years ago. It grew into the beating heart of Polish heavy industry until the end of the 20th century.

10/08 This week in Jewish history: Ha’Ari, Ramban, and the Messiah

Tisha B’Av, the traditional day of national mourning for the Jewish people, on which the destruction of the two Holy Temples.

09/08 Rabbi Benjamin Segal on the 'Book of Lamentations'

There are always those who believe that they can explain tragedy and encompass it in some positive overview.

05/08 Nine days of tragedy: The biblical curse of Av on Jewish history

Discover the significance of the Nine Days of Av and its impact on Jewish history, from ancient disasters to modern conflicts.

04/08 Keir Starmer accused of worsening anti-Semitism after Israel arms embargo plans exposed

Prime Minister’s posture towards Israel resulting in ‘domestic fallout’ for British Jews, warns Labour Against Antisemitism

02/08 This week in Jewish history: Roman emperor Titus attacks Temple court

Av 2, 3830 (70 CE): Roman emperor Titus began battering operations against the wall of the Temple court

30/07 Council’s Marconi sculpture snubs ‘fascist’ inventor

Labour-run Cardiff fails to acknowledge Italian radio pioneer who supported Mussolini

21/07 Judge Rinder: Using ‘they’ as catch-all term for Jews is deeply disturbing

The criminal barrister and television star urges people to stop ‘letting things slide’ and call out any anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

20/07 Israeli strikes in Yemen bring renewed attention to Al Hudaydah's Jewish history

Today, the Jewish community in Al Hudaydah and Yemen is nearly extinct.

20/07 Vilna Ghetto teenager's diary during the Holocaust to be focus in new online exhibit by YIVO

YIVO said the diary provides “intimate insights into daily life, cultural resistance, and moral choices faced by those in the ghetto."

19/07 Workers uncover remains of a synagogue destroyed by Nazis in Poland

"We knew there was a synagogue there, but we didn't know if something was preserved underground since nothing was showing above ground," Polish historian Sebastian Rakowski said.

19/07 This week in Jewish history

July 22, 1920: Keren Hayesod founded, July 24, 1922: League of Nations grants Britain mandate to administer Palestine.

14/07 The perplexing nature of the red heifer: Turning to faith when logic is absent - opinion

The laws of the red heifer comprise the quintessential illogical ritual.

13/07 Children as young as six made badges calling for intifada at charity workshop

Critics accuse the arts and crafts event of ‘propaganda designed to sow hatred of Jews’ in the minds of youngsters

02/07 U. Haifa debuts art exhibit depicting Polish Jewry pre-Holocaust by Arthur Szyk

Israelis will greatly benefit from seeing Arthur Szyk’s artwork at the University of Haifa.

01/07 'A different spirit': Jews standing alone against hatred

It has been our legacy to stand tall and block out the noise and the hatred. We have always possessed this courage and this different spirit, and our current crisis should be no different.

25/06 Forgotten Jewish revolts show poor historical literacy in Jewish world - opinion

Archaeological find of 4th-century coins in Lod challenges historical narratives about Jewish revolts against Roman and Byzantine rule, revealing lesser-known episodes of Jewish history.

23/06 Jewish community in Dagestan: history and recent challenges - explainer

This community has preserved its distinct cultural and religious practices despite geographical and political isolation.

14/06 ‘Palestine’: An Arab- or Jewish-created entity? - opinion

History attests to a 3,000-year Jewish connection to the Land of Israel, a genuine non-imagined connection, unlike the created idea of an Arab Palestine.

14/06 A railway museum in Zambia offers a clue to the African country’s rich Jewish history

Walking tours of “Jewish Livingstone” also can be arranged with a local historian and volunteer, Peter Jones.

12/06 'Collected Essays': Invaluable insight on medieval Jewish life - review

Soloveitchik’s contributions continue to illuminate the corridors of Jewish intellectual history, leaving an indelible mark on generations of scholars and readers alike.

11/06 The history and evolving tradition of Shavuot - opinion

Shavuot’s journey from an agricultural celebration to commemorating the Giving of the Torah, and its eventual return to an agricultural focus, underscores the adaptability of Jewish tradition.

06/06 Shem Tov Bible, dating back to 1312, available for auction with $5 million price tag

Before it was in Sassoon's possession, much of the history of the text had been lost for centuries.

04/06 Why aliyah is more crucial now than ever - opinion

Your aliyah is not only a physical, geographical transition, it is in fact joining the Jewish people’s historical and national journey toward building a strong, safe, and prosperous home.

26/04 Sadiq Khan accuses Chief Rabbi of singling him out for criticism because he is Muslim

The London Mayor has issued an apology, in which he said he ‘deeply regretted’ the comments

26/04 How the policing of Pro-Palestine marches risks echoing 1970s Belfast

Weekly protests have Britain’s Jewish community feeling unsafe – and Ireland showed what can happen when neighbourhoods are truly divided

07/04 Sir Nicholas Winton may have saved even more Jewish children from Nazis

The stockbroker organised Kindertransport trains to bring children to Britain from Czechoslovakia

31/03 ‘We’re not just facing a threat to Jews in north London – this is the shutting down of democracy’

US envoy Deborah Lipstadt has spent her life fighting anti-Semitism. Now 77, she explains why a rise in Jewish hatred has wider implications

29/03 Israel, Jew and Nazi questions to be added into German citizenship test

The initiative comes in response to the rise of anti-Semitic incidents following Hamas attacks

29/03 Mafia crime wave in Israel drives Christians from Nazareth

Store owners in city reportedly forced to pay equivalent of thousands of pounds in protection money, with 17 killings last year

09/03 A documentary treasure that continues to be studied: 200,000 fragments of Jewish history in the archives of the University of Cambridge

The walls of the university library house this 'geniza', a term from Hebrew that refers to the archive of sacred documents of Judaism, which has been under the magnifying glass of experts since it arrived at the academy at the end of the 19th century.

22/02 Home Office suspends staff after ‘Israel’ crossed out on birth certificate

Father considers legal action ‘for the damage they have carried out to my daughter’s property’

21/02 Israeli flag torn down in middle of night at Cornish B&B after show of support

CCTV captures images of activists removing flag

13/02 Jews ‘hounded out’ of comedy show after refusing to stand for Palestinian flag

Soho Theatre ‘sorry and saddened by an incident that took place at our venue at the end of a performance of Paul Currie: Shtoom’

09/02 ‘Death to Zionists’ chanted in Birmingham campus anti-Semitism row

‘Scared’ Jewish students call for university to take action following protests that included walkouts and the occupation of buildings

05/02 Watch: Nazis were 'good for Zionists' because they promoted separatism, pro-Palestine speaker tells students

Speaker at City Friends of Palestine university event suggests Hitler and Zionists both agreed that ‘Jews don’t belong in Europe’

03/02 Anti-Semites using AI to promote Holocaust denial

Tech misused to create offensive Anne Frank images, a Hitler chatbot and Auschwitz pictures featuring a rollercoaster

27/01 Kitchener camp refugees remembered as families share their stories on 85th anniversary

Largely forgotten tale of Jews who fled the Nazis and found refuge in Kent coastal town

24/01 A third of young people say Israel is acting like the Nazis, survey finds

Anti-Semitism campaigners say rhetoric in wake of Oct 7 attack is radicalising ‘generation hate’

19/01 Erasing Jewish History Will Not Help Palestinians

The assertion that Jesus was Palestinian is often made in an effort to negate Jewish history,

07/01 The Anticlimactic End of Israel’s Democracy Crisis

The Netanyahu government’s signature legislation went out with a whimper. But the forces behind it have bigger plans.

05/01 Israel unveils plan for rule in Gaza after the war

Palestinian bodies will have civil control of enclave, on condition there will be no threats against Jewish state, says defence minister

04/01 The British hero who saved families like mine from certain death

For Francis Charig, a new film centred on Nicholas Winton's Kindertransport is a poignant but timely reminder of his family's history

30/12 Sir Nicholas Winton’s family said film could only go ahead if Anthony Hopkins was cast

Actor agreed to play part of unassuming Briton who saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis in WW2

23/12 Jewish volunteers putting up posters of Gaza hostages assaulted in north-west London

Woman thrown to ground and had phone smashed in suspected anti-Semitic attack

20/12 Boy who plotted synagogue attack ordered to write report on diplomat who saved Jews in Holocaust

Civil rights group ‘horrified’ by case of 13-year-old planned mass shooting in Ohio and says threats on social media will not be tolerated

12/12 Harvard president to keep job despite row over campus anti-Semitism

University says Claudine Gay is ‘right leader to help community heal’ after she refused to say if calling for genocide of Jews was bullying

09/12 One in five young Americans believes the Holocaust is a myth, poll finds

Only half are convinced Nazi genocide of Jews happened, as universities face claims of growing anti-Semitism

07/12 Hanukkah celebrations: ‘We’ve had to hide our Jewishness’

As Israel’s ground invasion in Gaza intensifies, Jewish people in Britain are praying for peace and safety this Hanukkah

27/11 Police investigate after car rams into Jewish refugee memorial tree

Sussex force ‘recognise potential for increased tensions’ arising from conflict in Gaza as driver in Brighton ‘deliberately’ causes damage

23/11 There Shall Be None to Make Him Afraid

The ideals I’m celebrating this Thanksgiving

12/11 France holds huge march against anti-Semitism after Macron’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza

Thousands march in Paris but the French president stays away despite appearing to backtrack on remarks after speaking to Isaac Herzog

09/11 CIA and Mossad spy chiefs in Qatar to broker hostage release deal

Fresh talks could see ‘humanitarian pause’ in Israel’s Gaza offensive and release of 10 to 15 hostages

07/11 What I’ve learned since the attacks on Israel: people don’t deem Jews worthy of solidarity and empathy

Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement or Ukraine's war against Russia appear not to care about the Oct 7 massacres

05/11 ‘They came out of the sea shooting us’: How Israel’s Bedouin Arabs became Hamas targets

Nomadic Arabs, who have faced years of discrimination in their homeland, were also victims in the terror attacks

02/11 Too few Muslims condemned Hamas attack, Germany’s deputy leader says

Robert Habeck, who warned that anti-Semitism carried consequences, was heralded for his policy stance

30/10 Jewish houses targeted in ‘frightening’ campaign on campuses

Students fear for their safety amid a 400 per cent spike in anti-Semitism

30/10 In the Israel-Hamas war, children are the ultimate pawns – and ultimate victims

For Jewish people, Hamas’ violence against children was reminiscent of the Holocaust. For Palestinians, The Israel Defense Force’s killing their children reminds them of a painful past, too.

28/10 Arabs and Bedouins join Israeli army’s war on Hamas despite accusations of ‘treachery’

Growing number of minorities volunteer for fight against terror, in part to improve their own career prospects

26/10 Michael Gove and Lucy Frazer sign October Declaration ‘to show support for Britain’s Jews’

Tory ministers join Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in backing campaign that ‘condemns anti-Semitism’ and urges BBC to call Hamas terrorists

22/10 Olaf Scholz condemns wave of ‘inhuman’ anti-Semitism in Germany

Chancellor horrified by rise in hate crimes, which has seen Jewish family homes daubed with the Star of David

21/10 Why a wave of anti-Semitism is sweeping across China

The country has so far refused to condemn the Hamas attack, and social media commentators have made it very clear which side they are on

20/10 Met will not arrest protesters who chant ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’

But police are told to report any anti-Semitic behaviour by foreign nationals at pro-Palestinian protests so their visas can be revoked

19/10 Meloni approves Holocaust museum at Mussolini's Rome residence

The cube-shaped building with black walls will show the names of Italian Jews who were killed

16/10 Rishi Sunak was brave to call Hamas massacre a pogrom

The Prime Minister’s words were a rebuke to those who disgracefully believe that Hamas was somehow driven to savagery by politics

11/10 ‘I’m going to cut your head off’ Hamas supporter tells UK shop worker two days after Israel attacks

Feras Al-Jayoosi followed the woman into a staff-only storage room and shouted at her for giving him a dirty look, a court heard

09/10 How Israel Will Adapt

The Israel Defense Forces' sin, like that of many political superiors, is hubris.

01/10 Twins who persuaded Romanian city to save memorial to its darkest chapter of massacring 13,500 Jews

Horrors retold by brothers’ grandfather inspired campaign which also led to a dedicated museum

22/09 When Netanyahu Met Musk

Israel’s prime minister has suspicions about artificial intelligence—and they’re very revealing about his deeper worldview.

07/09 Remove ‘offensive’ anti-Semitic descriptions from Spanish lexicon, urge Jewish campaigners

One dictionary entry describes a Jew as ‘a greedy person or usurer’

03/09 German governor refuses to sack deputy over ‘anti-Semitic’ pamphlet

Decision to keep Hubert Aiwanger as a coalition partner is ‘politically acceptable’, says former director of Jewish council

01/09 Egypt unveils restoration of ancient 12th century Egyptian synagogue

The synagogue was inaugurated after undergoing a massive renovation.

24/08 Anti-Semitic online rants by former European Court of Human Rights judge exposed

Offensive statements from Bostjan Zupancic, who worked at the court for 17 years, have led to calls to reevaluate cases

01/08 Israeli archaeologists unearth building destroyed during Babylonian siege of Jerusalem

The building, dubbed 'Building 100', had once belong to an elite member of Jerusalem's society, until it was destroyed by fire in 586 BCE.

03/07 Mystery of kindertransport girls in picture solved after 80 years

Identities of three young Jewish girls fleeing Nazi Germany at London’s Liverpool Street station finally discovered

19/06 Glastonbury pulls ‘hateful’ Corbyn film

Jewish group says documentary defending former Labour leader against anti-Semitism allegations of ‘promoted conspiracy theories'

02/05 Guardian editor agrees to meet Jewish leaders over alleged anti-Semitic cartoon

Community still has questions about newspaper’s editorial standards and how the cartoon came to be published

30/04 Jewish leaders want to meet Guardian editor over anti-Semitic Richard Sharp cartoon

The illustration pictures a grinning caricature of Mr Sharp, who is Jewish, with an enlarged nose and carrying a Goldman Sachs office box

22/04 BMA suspends junior doctor who joked about gassing Jews on twitter

Dr Martin Whyte, who tweeted ‘gas the jews hahaha’ following a synagogue shooting, is subject of an investigation

27/01 Suzie was scared and alone when the Kindertransport arrived – but she became my sister

As part of Holocaust Memorial Day, Ann Chadwick, 85, shares the story of how a little Jewish girl came to be a beloved part of her family