Alfred Dreyfus

On December 19, 1894, a French military officer of Jewish descent was put on trial for treason at a military prison in Paris. The trial, conviction…

Any murder is reprehensible. A child’s murder inevitably arouses even greater emotion, and when such a murder occurs in a school – where safety is…

Jacques Attali, French economist, prolific writer, high-ranking civil official and adviser to president François Mitterrand, dared to declare to…

PARIS – It was in Paris, the picturesque home of French republicanism, that Theodor Herzl became incurably pessimistic about the future of Europe’s…

The publication of Robert S. Wistrich’s much-anticipated history, A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad (see review on…

Almost every morning, I walk my children to school in Baka, in south-central Jerusalem, then jog toward the Old City. I jog 35 to 45 minutes. But I…

Steve Rosen, the former foreign policy chief for AIPAC who was charged with illegally disclosing classified information, said ulterior motives…

My husband, Jonathan Pollard, was an ideologue, not a mercenary. He did not spy for money, as Larry Derfner claims. ("Jewish paranoia and Jonathan…

My husband, Jonathan Pollard, was never accused, indicted or convicted of treason in a court of law. However, Jonathan has been repeatedly defamed in…

I am proud to be an American. One hundred years ago the United States provided a safe haven for my ancestors who were escaping pogroms and poverty…

The central theme of the long-past Dreyfus affair - the ever-creeping threat of anti-Semitism, even in seemingly liberal societies - is all too…

Two major stories figure centrally in this year's Israel Festival, one of the largest in recent years due to the 60th anniversary of the state: S.…

Dybbuks, Drama & DanceThe 47th Israel Festival Jerusalem highlights complex Israeli-Polish relations and the dawn of Zionist cultureBe vigilant when…

Poland is this year saluting Israel's 60th birthday and acting as the guest of honor at the annual Israel Festival. From May 24 to June 22 in…

In a world stricken by the compulsion to forget and plagued with perpetually erratic behavior, it is not surprising that some people no longer see…

Leading playwright Yehoshua Sobol turns the spotlight on Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, the profligate French army major who betrayed his country and…

I never intended to go to Deutschland. For all of my adult life, my family made a conscious effort to avoid buying German products and avoid…

President Moshe Katsav has likened himself to Capt. Alfred Dreyfus over the last few days, but since no local Emile Zola emerged to champion his…

For most of its 58 years the Israeli presidency was mainly about laying cornerstones, cutting ribbons, visiting charities, accepting ambassadorial…

President Moshe Katsav has drawn a parallel between himself, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, and the victims of former US senator Joseph McCarthy's witch…