This month in Jewish history: Operation Moses, Hanukkah, and Spinoza
A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
History
Smooching through the ages: First kiss was 20 million years ago by early primates, scientists say
How one reporter uncovered a sealed Nazi bunker under a Brazilian manssion
A Feast Fit for A King
On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers
November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.
Hitler claimed Jesus was German and royals were ‘Jews’ in a forgotten interview - study
The book, 'Hitler’s Interviews: The Dictator and the Journalists' by media historian Lutz Hachmeister, is the first comprehensive account of Hitler’s dealings with reporters.
Remains of Jewish chocolate factory destroyed in WWII found in Warsaw
Meir Bulka, a researcher of Jewish heritage in Poland, called the discovery “a time capsule".
Napoleon brooch captured at Waterloo leads Sotheby's Geneva auction
The circular jewel with a 13.04-carat diamond and nearly 100 stones was given to King Frederick William III of Prussia in 1815 and is surpassing its €130–220k estimate in online bids.
Germany plans 9 Nov nationwide commemorations for republic, Kristallnacht & Berlin Wall fall
Federal president Steinmeier will deliver a keynote speech on current dangers to democracy on 9 November, reflecting on the date's historical significance.
On this day: 87 years since Kristallnacht, the catalyst of the Holocaust
During the Nazi state-sanctioned pogrom, 91 Jews were murdered, and more than 1,400 synagogues across Germany and Austria were torched.
'Zaidy's Band': Revealing Canada’s contribution to World War II - review
Aron Heller's new book brings into the public arena the little-publicized history of the contribution in World War II of the Canadian Armed Forces, particularly its Jews.
Letters from the dead: Letter written by WWI soldiers found in bottle off Australian coast
The letter penciled in 1916 finally reached the families of Malcolm Neville, 27, and William Harley, 37, decades after their death.
Revisiting JPost's coverage of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, 30 years later
The following is the full text of the article published on the front page of The Jerusalem Post on the morning of November 5, 1995, following the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
On This Day: Israeli former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated 30 years ago
Rabin was shot by far-Right Jew Yigal Amir following the prime minister's agreement to cede Israeli territory to the Palestinian Liberation Organization in an attempt to achieve peace.
