History https://www.jpost.com www.jpost.com © 1995 - 2026 The Jerusalem Post. All rights reserved. RSSFeeds https://www.jpost.com/history/article-893497 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_800,w_1346/693030' alt='Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion (photo credit: Ben-Gurion Archives)' title='Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion (photo credit: Ben-Gurion Archives)' /><br />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.<br /> Ben-Gurion Archives Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:12:12 GMT Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:12:12 GMT 893497 N False BY MOSHE COHEN False Hamas,Hezbollah,IAF,IDF,Iran,Sinai,Tel Aviv,Suez Crisis,David Ben-Gurion,Israel-Hamas War,Operation Roaring Lion 167 Newly published writings of David Ben-Gurion warn Israel of future conflict https://www.jpost.com/history/article-893207 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1961,w_3000/716454' alt='CAPTURED JEWS are led by German troops to the assembly point for deportation. Photo taken at Nowolipie Street, near intersection with Smocza Street. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='CAPTURED JEWS are led by German troops to the assembly point for deportation. Photo taken at Nowolipie Street, near intersection with Smocza Street. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' /><br />Auerbach arrived in Warsaw in 1933 as a journalist and has dedicated her life to remembering Holocaust victims.<br /> Wikimedia Commons Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:37 GMT Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:37 GMT 893207 N False BY NOAH ROTHSTEIN False Holocaust,warsaw ghetto,polish jewry,book review,Jewish history 167 ‘The Jewish Revolt: A Warsaw Ghetto Exhibition’ turns memory into witness https://www.jpost.com/history/article-893175 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3000,w_4500/716326' alt='AS AN astronomer, Ralbag influenced Copernicus. Pictured: Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in his hometown of Torun, Poland. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' title='AS AN astronomer, Ralbag influenced Copernicus. Pictured: Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in his hometown of Torun, Poland. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' /><br />A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.<br /> SHUTTERSTOCK Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:46:12 GMT Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:46:12 GMT 893175 N False BY STEVEN DRUCKER False Judaism,Torah,bible,Birthday,Jewish history,Yahrzeit 167 This month in Jewish history: History, memory, destiny https://www.jpost.com/history/article-893134 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/554633' alt='A copy of Say It In Yiddish. (photo credit: FLICKR)' title='A copy of Say It In Yiddish. (photo credit: FLICKR)' /><br />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.<br /> FLICKR Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:13:46 GMT Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:13:46 GMT 893134 N False BY ANDREW LAPIN/JTA False Holocaust,Yiddish,college,Massachusetts 167 Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, to close https://www.jpost.com/history/article-893021 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/716116' alt='Participants at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony during the planting of the Forest of the Martyrs in 1952. (photo credit: Avraham Malavsky/KKL-JNF)' title='Participants at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony during the planting of the Forest of the Martyrs in 1952. (photo credit: Avraham Malavsky/KKL-JNF)' /><br />“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.<br /> Avraham Malavsky/KKL-JNF Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:44:41 GMT Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:44:41 GMT 893021 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False Jerusalem,kkl israel,KKL-JNF,forest,Holocaust Remembrance Day 167 KKL-JNF unveils new photograph collection of Forest of the Martyrs https://www.jpost.com/history/article-893012 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/716169' alt='A Zikaron Basalon event held at the Anti-Defamation League office in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026. (photo credit: YONI REIF)' title='A Zikaron Basalon event held at the Anti-Defamation League office in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026. (photo credit: YONI REIF)' /><br />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.<br /> YONI REIF Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:03:29 GMT Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:50:57 GMT 893012 N False BY MICHAEL STARR False Holocaust,Holocaust survivors,Nazis,Austria,lithuanian jews,world war ii,Anti-Defamation League,lithuania,Holocaust Remembrance Day 167 From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story https://www.jpost.com/history/article-893006 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1200,w_2160/716094' alt='RENEE ALBERSHEIM was murdered during the Holocaust. A Jewish couple in Florida has said the Mourner's Kaddish for her daily for years. (photo credit: Courtesy Susan Bell)' title='RENEE ALBERSHEIM was murdered during the Holocaust. A Jewish couple in Florida has said the Mourner's Kaddish for her daily for years. (photo credit: Courtesy Susan Bell)' /><br />The Conservative synagogue calls the program "Remember a Child," and at least a third of the members in the 150-family congregation participate.<br /> Courtesy Susan Bell Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:48:55 GMT Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:48:55 GMT 893006 N False BY STEWART AIN/JTA False Holocaust,Nazis,Yad Vashem,children,Florida,prayer 167 Florida Jewish community says kaddish for children killed in Holocaust https://www.jpost.com/history/article-893003 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2048,w_1536/716086' alt='Karoline Preisler during one of her counter-protests. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X)' title='Karoline Preisler during one of her counter-protests. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X)' /><br />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.<br /> SCREENSHOT/X Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:28:19 GMT Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:57:43 GMT 893003 N False BY YOAV ITIEL False Holocaust,Germany,antisemitism,Holocaust Remembrance Day,The October 7 Massacre,Pro-Palestinian protests 167 German pro-Israel activist, granddaughter of Nazis, warns about antisemitism https://www.jpost.com/history/article-892902 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/715896' alt='Josef Mengele. Took pride in his twisted deeds (photo credit: YAD VASHEM)' title='Josef Mengele. Took pride in his twisted deeds (photo credit: YAD VASHEM)' /><br />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.<br /> YAD VASHEM Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:22:18 GMT Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:22:18 GMT 892902 N False BY DR. ITAY GAL False Holocaust,Nazis,genocide,Nazi,Jozef Mengele 167 The shadow of Aushchwitz's Angel of Death: The horrors of Dr. Mengele https://www.jpost.com/history/article-892739 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/715659' alt='A GENERAL VIEW of the Nuweiba delta. (photo credit: Courtesy)' title='A GENERAL VIEW of the Nuweiba delta. (photo credit: Courtesy)' /><br />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.<br /> Courtesy Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:02:17 GMT Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:02:17 GMT 892739 N False BY JACOB MAOR False Israel,Eilat,Sinai,bible,Gulf,Desert 167 A journey to the biblical Red Sea crossing https://www.jpost.com/history/article-892550 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1312,w_1969/715349' alt='THIS YEAR’S eight survivors carry within them an enormous sweep of Jewish history: ghettos, pits, forests, camps, cattle cars, shootings, hiding places, and then, after all that, lives rebuilt in Israel. Here, President Isaac Herzog stands beside the memorial torch at Yad Vashem. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' title='THIS YEAR’S eight survivors carry within them an enormous sweep of Jewish history: ghettos, pits, forests, camps, cattle cars, shootings, hiding places, and then, after all that, lives rebuilt in Israel. Here, President Isaac Herzog stands beside the memorial torch at Yad Vashem. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' /><br />HOLOCAUST AFFAIRS: This year, eight survivors will take part in key roles in the state ceremony on Monday evening at 8 p.m.<br /> MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:35:59 GMT Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:35:59 GMT 892550 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False Holocaust,Holocaust survivors,Yad Vashem,holocaust memorial day,Holocaust Remembrance Day 167 The survivors at the heart of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony https://www.jpost.com/history/article-892545 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/715344' alt='The Ninth Fort Memorial for Kovno Ghetto Jews executed by the Nazis, in Kaunus (Kovno), Lithuania. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' title='The Ninth Fort Memorial for Kovno Ghetto Jews executed by the Nazis, in Kaunus (Kovno), Lithuania. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' /><br />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.<br /> SHUTTERSTOCK Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:31:51 GMT Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:31:51 GMT 892545 N False BY DAVID GEFFEN False Holocaust,history,lithuanian jews,world war ii,lithuania 167 From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel https://www.jpost.com/history/article-892509 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_382,w_513/715288' alt='(L-R): MEIR HIRSCHFELD, 1936. IDIT PAPA, 1942 (photo credit: YAD VASHEM)' title='(L-R): MEIR HIRSCHFELD, 1936. IDIT PAPA, 1942 (photo credit: YAD VASHEM)' /><br />A young Orthodox couple in Hungary exchanged messages that sustained them through forced labor, ghettos, brazen escapes, and months in hiding.<br /> YAD VASHEM Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:48:35 GMT Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:48:35 GMT 892509 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False Holocaust,Holocaust survivors,Yad Vashem,love,history,Diaspora Jews,Magazine 167 Letters of love and survival: A Holocaust love story preserved at Yad Vashem https://www.jpost.com/history/article-892511 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/715291' alt='CHINA’S ‘ICE CITY’: The giant snowman at Harbin Musical Park, a city landmark. Tourists enjoy Harbin’s Ice and Snow World (L) and the International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' title='CHINA’S ‘ICE CITY’: The giant snowman at Harbin Musical Park, a city landmark. Tourists enjoy Harbin’s Ice and Snow World (L) and the International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)' /><br />Once home to a thriving Jewish community, Harbin now preserves its past through music - and the enduring legacy of the Schoenfeld sisters.<br /> SHUTTERSTOCK Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:08:32 GMT Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:08:32 GMT 892511 N False BY BARRY BORMAN False music,China,history,Diaspora Jews,Diaspora,Magazine 167 From Harbin to Hollywood: The tale of two talented Jewish sisters in China https://www.jpost.com/history/article-891700 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2828,w_4256/714080' alt='Prince Phillip, 2008. (photo credit: Flickr user Steve Punter. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.)' title='Prince Phillip, 2008. (photo credit: Flickr user Steve Punter. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.)' /><br />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.<br /> Flickr user Steve Punter. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:27:02 GMT Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:27:02 GMT 891700 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False history,Britain,Queen Elizabeth,British Royals,Global news 167 New biography alleges Prince Philip secretly battled pancreatic cancer for eight https://www.jpost.com/history/article-891312 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/713447' alt='Germans read an antisemitic tabloid on a billboard: 'The Jews are our misfortune.' That was in 1935. The Palestinian Authority still teaches hate and violence toward Jews today, the author writes. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='Germans read an antisemitic tabloid on a billboard: 'The Jews are our misfortune.' That was in 1935. The Palestinian Authority still teaches hate and violence toward Jews today, the author writes. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' /><br />This review of The Road to October 7 follows an interview with its author published in the Magazine earlier this month.<br /> Wikimedia Commons Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:08:35 GMT Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:08:35 GMT 891312 N False BY NEVILLE TELLER False Hamas,Palestinian Authority,history,books,review,antisemitism,book review 167 'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack https://www.jpost.com/history/article-891306 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1056,w_1588/713439' alt='CLOTHING DESIGNER Charlotte Johnson with a 1965 Barbie doll. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='CLOTHING DESIGNER Charlotte Johnson with a 1965 Barbie doll. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' /><br />Marginality and antisemitism gave Jews the edge they needed to innovate and invent.<br /> Wikimedia Commons Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:34:52 GMT Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:34:52 GMT 891306 N False BY GLENN C. ALTSCHULER False United States,history,immigrants in israel,Toy,antisemitism,Jewish Americans 167 How Jews shaped the American Dream with toys and teddy bears https://www.jpost.com/history/article-891174 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_693,w_934/663964' alt=' Rare Saxon cross-shaped pendant discovered near Leeds. (photo credit: Leeds City Council)' title=' Rare Saxon cross-shaped pendant discovered near Leeds. (photo credit: Leeds City Council)' /><br />Analysis of battlefield sources and chronicles deepens the mystery around the last anglo-saxon monarch.<br /> Leeds City Council Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:06:22 GMT Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:06:22 GMT 891174 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False history,England,Navy,research,Global news 167 New study rewrites King Harold’s loss to William the Conqueror https://www.jpost.com/history/article-890414 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1575,w_1794/712046' alt='Happy Birthday to: Yigael Yadin (3rd R), Israeli delegation member to armistice talks in Rhodes, 1949, with Yitzhak Rabin {R); (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='Happy Birthday to: Yigael Yadin (3rd R), Israeli delegation member to armistice talks in Rhodes, 1949, with Yitzhak Rabin {R); (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' /><br />A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.<br /> Wikimedia Commons Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:59:24 GMT Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:59:24 GMT 890414 N False BY STEVEN DRUCKER False Judaism,Zionism,Russia,rabbi,religion,Magazine 167 This month in Jewish history: From Exodus to modern Israel https://www.jpost.com/history/article-889785 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/711164' alt='A GROUP of Hitler Youth, 1933. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='A GROUP of Hitler Youth, 1933. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' /><br />Ian Buruma’s Stay Alive recounts wartime Berlin through hidden Jews, German resisters, and the ordeal of his own father.<br /> Wikimedia Commons Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:30:00 GMT Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:30:00 GMT 889785 N False BY COLIN SCHINDLER False Adolf Hitler,Holocaust,Nazis,Germany,Berlin,Hitler Youth,Joseph Goebbels,book review 167 'Stay Alive': A personal story of anti-Nazi Germans https://www.jpost.com/history/article-889409 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/710666' alt='A group of young Austrian immigrants wave to the Statue of Liberty upon their arrival in America aboard the S.S. Harding. The 50 Jewish children, who were greeted by their new adoptive families, were fleeing Nazi persecution in their homeland. (photo credit: (Bettmann/Getty Images))' title='A group of young Austrian immigrants wave to the Statue of Liberty upon their arrival in America aboard the S.S. Harding. The 50 Jewish children, who were greeted by their new adoptive families, were fleeing Nazi persecution in their homeland. (photo credit: (Bettmann/Getty Images))' /><br />Jews have played pivotal roles throughout key moments in American history. Throughout 2026, monthly online conversations with Jewish historians will journey across American and Jewish history.<br /> (Bettmann/Getty Images) Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:54:49 GMT Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:57:21 GMT 889409 N False BY JTA STAFF False American Jewry,Americans,Columbia University,Fourth of July,Jewish history,USA 167 Meet the Jews who played pivotal roles in American history https://www.jpost.com/history/article-888864 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_448,w_632/709821' alt='Cars belonging to Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak members were also mutilated on Oct. 7, 2023. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='Cars belonging to Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak members were also mutilated on Oct. 7, 2023. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' /><br />A renowned historian’s scholarly work examines alarming trends to watch out for. <br /> Wikimedia Commons Sun, 08 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sun, 08 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT 888864 N False BY ATARA BECK False Israel,Hamas,Hezbollah,Zionism,yeshiva university,books,Culture in Israel,Magazine,The October 7 Massacre 167 Antisemitism, Hamas and Rafael Medoff's warning signs https://www.jpost.com/history/article-888984 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/709972' alt='District Health Office at 86 Jaffa Road – the Ottoman-era stone façade with courtyard entrance. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='District Health Office at 86 Jaffa Road – the Ottoman-era stone façade with courtyard entrance. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' /><br />Its history spans the late Ottoman Empire, in which the Turks ruled Jerusalem from 1516 until 1917, to the British Mandate, to the State of Israel.<br /> Wikimedia Commons Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:30:00 GMT Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:30:00 GMT 888984 N False BY JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH False Israel,health,medicine,hospital,history,Health Ministry 167 Health Ministry to relocate from historic Jerusalem site https://www.jpost.com/history/article-887943 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3543,w_2561/708317' alt='Havana Baker: Josephine in Cuba, 1950; photo by Rudolf Suroch. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='Havana Baker: Josephine in Cuba, 1950; photo by Rudolf Suroch. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' /><br />From Paris stages to WWII spy missions, Josephine Baker fought racism and antisemitism while inspiring generations worldwide.<br /> Wikimedia Commons Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:15:15 GMT Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:15:15 GMT 887943 N False BY BARRY BORMAN False Germany,Berlin,dancer,Europe,civil rights,racism,world war ii,paris news,new york city,antisemitism,Magazine,America,Greek 167 Josephine Baker: dancer, spy, and civil rights hero https://www.jpost.com/history/article-887278 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/707376' alt='Inaugurating Hasdai Crescas Street in Jerusalem, 2011. Front row (from left): Esti Eisenman, specialist in Crescas and initiator of street naming; Prof. Warren Zeev Harvey, leading specialist in Crescas. Back row (from left): Regional council member Yael Anatbi, and Prof. Yomtov Asis. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='Inaugurating Hasdai Crescas Street in Jerusalem, 2011. Front row (from left): Esti Eisenman, specialist in Crescas and initiator of street naming; Prof. Warren Zeev Harvey, leading specialist in Crescas. Back row (from left): Regional council member Yael Anatbi, and Prof. Yomtov Asis. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' /><br />Hasdai Crescas became crown rabbi of Aragon under King John I and Queen Violant de Bar. He counted among his friends Rabbi Isaac ben Sheshet and Rabbi Simeon ben Tzemah Duran.<br /> Wikimedia Commons Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:25:32 GMT Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:25:32 GMT 887278 N False BY NOAH ROTHSTEIN False Spain,history,antisemitism,Moshe Maimonides,book review,medieval 167 A forgotten voice from 1391: 'Hasdai Crescas' - book review https://www.jpost.com/history/article-886473 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/706189' alt='‘WORMS MACHZOR,’ 1280; reconstructed cover, Volume 2. (photo credit: Ardon Bar-Hama for the National Library of Israel)' title='‘WORMS MACHZOR,’ 1280; reconstructed cover, Volume 2. (photo credit: Ardon Bar-Hama for the National Library of Israel)' /><br />The first volume of the machzor was completed in1272 in Wurzburg, Germany. Today, it is displayed in the National Library in Jerusalem.<br /> Ardon Bar-Hama for the National Library of Israel Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:04:33 GMT Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:04:33 GMT 886473 N False BY ZALMAN EISENSTOCK False Holocaust,Nazis,synagogue,history,synagogues in germany,Magazine,Jewish history 167 The machzor that survived over six centuries, and WWII https://www.jpost.com/history/article-886488 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1575,w_2361/706223' alt='DIZENGOFF SQUARE, named for the Tel Aviv founding father. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='DIZENGOFF SQUARE, named for the Tel Aviv founding father. (photo credit: FLASH90)' /><br />A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.<br /> FLASH90 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:33:37 GMT Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:33:37 GMT 886488 N False BY STEVEN DRUCKER False Egypt,Germany,Purim,history,Moses,Byzantine,Magazine,Jewish history 167 This month in Jewish history: First permanent Israeli gov't https://www.jpost.com/history/article-886447 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1572,w_1261/706145' alt='Declaration of Independence of the United States. New Canaan, 1950. Featuring George Washington. (photo credit: Courtesy Irvin Ungar/www.szyk.com)' title='Declaration of Independence of the United States. New Canaan, 1950. Featuring George Washington. (photo credit: Courtesy Irvin Ungar/www.szyk.com)' /><br />George Washington to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island, and the presentation of him by artist Arthur Szyk.<br /> Courtesy Irvin Ungar/www.szyk.com Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:52:09 GMT Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:52:09 GMT 886447 N False BY DAVID GEFFEN False Aliyah,synagogue,history,religion,georgia,world war ii,george washington,jews,constitution,Christians,America 167 George Washington’s role in Jewish freedom in US https://www.jpost.com/history/article-885290 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_600,w_398/704480' alt='Jerusalem 1951, Young Girl Planting a Sapling During Tu BiShvat. (photo credit: Werner Braun, KKL-JNF Photo Archive)' title='Jerusalem 1951, Young Girl Planting a Sapling During Tu BiShvat. (photo credit: Werner Braun, KKL-JNF Photo Archive)' /><br />“These photographs document a tradition that continues today and connects generations and Jewish communities around the world,” Sinai said.<br /> Werner Braun, KKL-JNF Photo Archive Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:53:54 GMT Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:53:54 GMT 885290 N False BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF False Tu Bishvat,tu bishvat in israel,KKL-JNF,trees 167 KKL-JNF releases archival Tu Bishvat holiday photos https://www.jpost.com/history/article-884679 <img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/551953' alt=' Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust. (photo credit: WALLPAPER FLARE)' title=' Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust. (photo credit: WALLPAPER FLARE)' /><br />At last year's 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation, only 50 survivors attended the ceremony in Poland, and it is estimated that fewer than 1,000 Auschwitz survivors remain globally.<br /> WALLPAPER FLARE Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:29:02 GMT Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:46:21 GMT 884679 N False BY SHIR PERETS False Auschwitz,Holocaust,history,world war ii,Holocaust Remembrance Day,Spotlight 167 On This Day: Auschwitz camp liberated from Nazis