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On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad

BY ARIELA OHRENSTEIN — Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:57 GMT

Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.

DNA analysis identifies four more members of John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition

BY MIRIAM SELA-EITAM — Mon, 11 May 2026 08:54:46 GMT

The failed British voyage set sail in 1845 to map the unnavigated passes of the Northwest Passage and attempt to study magnetic data and figure out if it could be used to better perfect navigation.

Divers find wreck of Coast Guard ship torpedoed by Germans, US’ largest naval loss of World War I

BY MIRIAM SELA-EITAM — Tue, 05 May 2026 07:56:38 GMT

Tampa was one of six USGC cutters assigned to escort convoys during World War I, losing only two ships out of 18 convoys. She earned a special commendation for exemplary service.

18th-century prayer book of Luria’s teachings to go on display at ANU ahead of Lag Ba’omer

BY HANNAH BROWN — Sun, 03 May 2026 21:31:25 GMT

The holiday will be marked at the museum with the unveiling of a unique siddur from Rabbi Isaac Luria, known as Ha'ari.

The Maccabiah Games’ crucial role in shaping Zionism and aliyah

BY DAVID GEFFEN — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:09:43 GMT

Since the quota for olim had been cut by the British, the Maccabiah offered a great opportunity to come but not leave.

Keeping time: How Jews preserved ritual and hope in the Holocaust’s darkest days

BY BARRY DAVIS — Fri, 01 May 2026 23:57:04 GMT

Yad Vashem exhibition chronicles the times and lives of Jewish communities before and during the Holocaust.

Titanic survivor’s signed life jacket sells for over $900,000

BY ESTHER DAVIS — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:49:40 GMT

Laura Mabel Francatelli was on Titanic’s lifeboat No. 1, with only eleven other passengers, despite the small vessel's 40-person capacity.

Ink and irony: A closer look at the cartoonist who chronicled Israel’s formative years

BY DAVID GEFFEN — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:53:48 GMT

From a discarded book at the National Library to iconic sketches of Arieh Navon, a personal journey through the satirical heart of early statehood reveals the humor and grit of our founding years.

British professor uncovers location of Shakespeare’s London home using previously unknown documents

BY MIRIAM SELA-EITAM — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:07:19 GMT

Munro’s find is historically significant, painting a very different picture of where Shakespeare may have spent time in his later years then what was originally thought.

'Godfather of denim’: an Italian designer whose Jewish father was murdered at Auschwitz

BY GRACE GILSON/JTA — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:49:29 GMT

Adriano Goldschmied, who died April 5 at 82, following a battle with cancer in a hospital in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, credited himself with founding or developing at least 50 jean brands.

Researchers say they’ve traced Shakespeare’s London lodgings at last

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:08:02 GMT

The precise location of William Shakespeare’s only London home was identified in Blackfriars after researchers uncovered a previously unknown floorplan.

Newly published documents belonging to Israel's first prime minister reveal eerily relevant message

BY MOSHE COHEN — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:12:12 GMT

Ben-Gurion recognized early on what became a well-known reality in the following decades: front lines that reach population centers, and the home front becoming a critical component of the war.

‘The Jewish Revolt: A Warsaw Ghetto Exhibition’ turns memory into witness - review

BY NOAH ROTHSTEIN — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:37 GMT

Auerbach arrived in Warsaw in 1933 as a journalist and has dedicated her life to remembering Holocaust victims.

This month in Jewish history: History, memory, destiny

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:46:12 GMT

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.

Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close

BY ANDREW LAPIN/JTA — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:13:46 GMT

The closure, which follows semester after years of financial troubles, won’t affect the Yiddish Book Center, which operates on land purchased from the college in Amherst, Massachusetts.

KKL-JNF unveils new photographs of Forest of the Martyrs to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:44:41 GMT

“The Forest of the Martyrs is far more than a memorial site; it is the living and growing testament to the triumph of the Jewish and Zionist spirit," said KKL-JNF Chairman Eyal Ostrinsky.

From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats

BY MICHAEL STARR — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:03:29 GMT

At the event organized by Zikaron Basalon and the Anti-Defamation League at the latter’s Jerusalem office, Clevs brought the diplomats back in time to when he was eight years old.

Florida Jewish community says kaddish for children killed in Holocaust

BY STEWART AIN/JTA — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:48:55 GMT

The Conservative synagogue calls the program "Remember a Child," and at least a third of the members in the 150-family congregation participate.

German pro-Israel activist, granddaughter of Nazis, warns: 'Antisemitism is threat to democracy'

BY YOAV ITIEL — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:28:19 GMT

Karoline Preisler, the granddaughter of a Nazi soldier and one of Germany's most well-known pro-Palestinian rally counter-protesters, warned about antisemitism in an interview with Walla.

The shadow of Aushchwitz's Angel of Death: The horrors of Dr. Mengele

BY DR. ITAY GAL — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:22:18 GMT

The blood-soaked history of the twentieth century remembers no darker medical figure than Josef Mengele. His atrocities included the severe torture of twins and people with disabilities.

A journey to the biblical Red Sea crossing

BY JACOB MAOR — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:02:17 GMT

Over the years, scholars have proposed possible sites for the crossing, with Dr. Yehoshua Meron concluding that it took place near the shoreline of Nuweiba on the eastern coast of the Sinai Peninsula.

Lighting the torch: The survivors at the heart of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:35:59 GMT

HOLOCAUST AFFAIRS: This year, eight survivors will take part in key roles in the state ceremony on Monday evening at 8 p.m.

From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel

BY DAVID GEFFEN — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:31:51 GMT

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.

Letters of love and survival: A Holocaust love story preserved at Yad Vashem

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:48:35 GMT

A young Orthodox couple in Hungary exchanged messages that sustained them through forced labor, ghettos, brazen escapes, and months in hiding.

From Harbin to Hollywood: The tale of two talented Jewish sisters in China's 'Ice City'

BY BARRY BORMAN — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:08:32 GMT

Once home to a thriving Jewish community, Harbin now preserves its past through music - and the enduring legacy of the Schoenfeld sisters.

New biography alleges Prince Philip secretly battled pancreatic cancer for eight years

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:27:02 GMT

On the night before his death at Windsor Castle, the duke is said to have slipped out of his room and given his nurses the slip.

'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack - review

BY NEVILLE TELLER — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:08:35 GMT

This review of The Road to October 7 follows an interview with its author published in the Magazine earlier this month.

'Playmakers': How Jews shaped the American Dream through toys and teddy bears - review

BY GLENN C. ALTSCHULER — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:34:52 GMT

Marginality and antisemitism gave Jews the edge they needed to innovate and invent.

New study rewrites the story of King Harold’s loss of England to William the Conqueror

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:06:22 GMT

Analysis of battlefield sources and chronicles deepens the mystery around the last anglo-saxon monarch.

This month in Jewish history: From Exodus to modern Israel, and many birthdays

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:59:24 GMT

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.