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US Holocaust Memorial Museum acquires rare World War II-era Captain America comics

Published in December 1940, nearly a year before America entered World War II, the issue was donated by Riot Games co-founder Brandon Beck. 

 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
A large crowd of demonstrators gather near the Federal Building in the Westwood area to celebrate and call for freedom for the Iranian people in the wake of U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

For Iranian Jews in US, war brings jubilation, unease, dreams of a future visit

Reading ‘Megillat Esther’ in Safed: Hebrew returned because the people it spoke for had returned.

The Book of Esther: How letters preserved Jewish identity across empires and exile - opinion

Purim.

Purim 2026: Celebrating with faith, fun, and resilience through the years


Purim 2026: Ancient Persia offers lessons of prayer, unity, and courage

From ancient Persia to today, Purim shows how prayer, unity, and courage shape Jewish history and identity.

Let us see what is behind the masquerade.

Israeli photographer discovers the Jewry of Maine

The exhibition will run through May 3 and conclude with a public poster presentation by students from Colby College.

THE COVER of Hedva Rokach’s book ‘Faces and Facets of Jewish Life in Maine.’

'The Gavriel Tirosh Affair': Unforgettable teacher, lingering memory - review

Yitzhak Shalev’s novel traces the lingering power of a teacher who vanished but never left his students’ minds.

The Irgun Museum in Tel Aviv.

AI is transforming work, but it must not redefine humanity - opinion

With the rise of artificial intelligence, true human connection and empathy are needed more than ever.

 Artificial intelligence (illustrative)

Iran's greatest threat isn’t war - it’s the collapse of its illusions - opinion

From nuclear brinkmanship to regional escalation, Tehran’s latest moves could mark a decisive strategic miscalculation.

 IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran  on Sunday. When former supreme leader Khomeini said, ‘We shall export our revolution to the whole world until the cry ‘There is no god but Allah’ resounds over the whole world,’ he meant it, the writer affirms.

The Purim-inspired chess technique that confuses my rivals - opinion

I win at chess by making opponents nervous, bewildered, and prone to blunders.

Chess

Tucker Carlson pushes DNA tests for Jews: the ‘Khazar’ theory that antisemites can’t shake

The largely discredited theory states that Ashkenazi Jews are genetically descended from a Turkic minority that converted to Judaism in the Middle Ages rather than from the 12 tribes of Israel. 

Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee speak in a Feb. 19, 2026, interview filmed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel and released by Carlson online.

Turkish Jewish content creator 'controlling minds of Turkish children,' Turkish news channel claims

"Melih Abuaf controls the YouTube side of the Turkish children's entertainment sector with his million-subscriber channels," the segment stated.

Melih Abuaf, a Turkish Jewish content creator acused of 'controling children's brains,' owns the children's channels Çuf Çuf Çocuk Şarkıları, Karpuz Adam, Pırtık, and Afacan TV, which have millions of followers on YouTube.

‘In Lithuania, there is institutional and legal antisemitism’

The Lost Shtetl Museum in Seduva opens as antisemitism resurfaces in Lithuania’s governing coalition.

LITHUANIAN SOLDIERS lay a wreath during the Lithuanian-Jewish genocide commemoration ceremony honoring Holocaust victims, in Paneriai, near Vilnius.

Who is to blame for Europe's post-Oct. 7 tsunami of antisemitism? - opinion

Antisemitism is a scourge that demands sober, collaborative action against all our enemies – not Jewish infighting. Jewish communities deserve better.

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun testifies during his Senate confirmation hearing for the role of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington, DC.