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Macy’s magnate Nathan Straus used his fortune to combat disease in New York and Mandatory Palestine

BY CHARLES MUNITZ/JTA — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:37:08 GMT

Unlike Rockefeller or Carnegie, Nathan Straus began to give his money away early on and was devoted to several significant philanthropic initiatives as he continued to build his major businesses.

USS Herring’s final resting place confirmed 82 years after being lost in WWII

BY MIRIAM SELA-EITAM — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:40:33 GMT

Herring and her 83 crew were presumed lost after failing to report to Midway on July 13, 1944. She was stricken from the Navy Register four months later.

‘Shamir, His Way’ returns to Begin Center with panel on former prime minister's legacy

BY KEN TOLTZ — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:53:42 GMT

The Begin Heritage Center hosts a screening examining Yitzhak Shamir’s journey from underground fighter to prime minister.

Unearth World War II art history through people's eye

BY IN COOPERATION WITH TOM WHITE — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:16:52 GMT

The true artistic and historical depth of renaissance of evil.

On this day: Russian Tsarist forces start Bialystok Pogrom, killing at least 70 Jews

BY CORINNE BAUM — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:21:50 GMT

Bialystok, an industrial town in modern-day Poland, had a major Jewish population that was terrorized by local antisemitic Russian military members and police officers.

This month in Jewish history: Nobel and Noble

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:44:22 GMT

From Joseph’s birth to Entebbe’s rescue, discover the defining Jewish milestones, heroes, tragedies, and triumphs of Tammuz.

Could you hold a lost piece of Western Wall history? Jerusalem museum seeks rare photos

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:29:04 GMT

A new exhibition hopes to uncover rare Western Wall photographs tucked away in attics, basements, and family albums.

On This Day: Six-Day War begins in 1967

BY JAMES GENN — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:36:36 GMT

In only six days, the IDF conquered the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, and east Jerusalem, defeating the armies of Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon.

On This Day: Palestinian terrorists attempt assassinating Israeli ambassador, prompting Lebanon War

BY JAMES GENN — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:14:23 GMT

Shlomo Argov survived the London shooting attack but remained paralyzed, while Israel launched a campaign that expelled the PLO and set the stage for Iran's Islamic regime to establish Hezbollah.

On This Day: Fatah, Hamas factions form short-lived 'Palestinian Unity Government' to rule over PA

BY JAMES GENN — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:03:52 GMT

On June 2, 2014, Abbas forged a Hamas-Fatah unity government, sparking legal debates and political upheaval. The PA president dissolved the short-lived body in June 2015.

What is Beaufort Castle, the historic Crusader fortress Israel now holds in Lebanon? - explainer

BY MIRIAM SELA-EITAM — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:10:30 GMT

Aside from a smaller fortification present at the site of the current Beaufort Castle, little else is known about the site prior to its capture by the Crusader forces.

Inside Jerusalem’s 1948 siege through the eyes of a child who survived the Old City’s fall

BY ALAN ROSENBAUM — Sun, 17 May 2026 12:39:48 GMT

In her book ‘Forever My Jerusalem,’ Shteiner recalls life in the Old City before its fall in 1948 and the emotional return decades later.

Switzerland to release sealed files on Nazi doctor Josef Mengele

BY MATHILDA HELLER AND TZVI JASPER — Sun, 17 May 2026 03:11:05 GMT

Mengele, the monstrous doctor known as the Angel of Death, ran a horrifying system of experiments on Auschwitz camp prisoners, exploiting his professional status to advance Nazi racial theory.

How well do you know Israel’s capital? Take the Jerusalem Quiz

BY PENINA HOROWITZ — Sat, 16 May 2026 13:08:11 GMT

At the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum, middle school students from 33 Jerusalem schools put their knowledge to the test this week at the Jerusalem Quiz.

This month in Jewish history: Revelation, thrill of victory, agony of defeat

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:46:45 GMT

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

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.