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Editor's Notes: Germany’s ‘good Jews’ thought they were safe, New York should pay attention

Nobody has to work anything out anymore. The question is whether a single one of Mamdani's Jewish voters will say they were wrong.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an unknown location, in this still image taken from handout video released July 21, 2026.
A prison cell in the building where Adolf Hitler was born, which has been converted into a police station by Austria's government in hopes of preventing it from serving as a place of ‌pilgrimage for neo-Nazis, in Braunau am Inn, Austria, July 16, 2026.

Hitler's birthplace begins new life as a police station

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel speaks at Tel Aviv University on July 8, 2026.

Strength is not a crime: Rahm Emanuel misunderstands Israel and should be ashamed - opinion

A memorial service commemorating 85 years since the Jedwabne massacre.

Polish nationalists protest memorial to 1941 Jedwabne massacre, call it 'Jewish lies'


Heil Hitler? Petro links Israel to ‘Nazi’ tactics in Latin America

Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused Israel and the US of bringing political manipulation from “free Palestine” to “free Latin America,” drawing a sharp rebuke from Israeli Ambassador to the UN.

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro gestures as he speaks during an interview with AFP at the Casa de Narino Presidential Palace in Bogota in June, 2026.

Jerusalem highlights: June 5-11

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

‘Sausages,’ Stav Rozental (see Saturday).

Star of David band, siddur found under attic floorboards in building from Bedzin's Jewish Ghetto

“Someone had prepared a special place for [the siddur] in the attic,” the foundation explained. “Behind a separately partitioned space. Under a constructed hatch. Alone. Without other objects."

Siddur from 1934, found hidden under the floorboards of an attic in what used to be Bedzin's Jewish Ghetto, May 27, 2026.

'Jews are Magic': Museum exhibit explores Jewish fascination with occultism

Jews Are Magic,” opening this month at YIVO’s Manhattan headquarters, explores the Jewish fascination with mysticism, fortune telling, amulets, psychics, and occult practices.

YIVO'S EDDY Portnoy, who curated the exhibit "Jews Are Magic," with a reproduction of a High Holiday card featuring a Jewish palm reader, Warsaw c. 1910.

First hearings for Australia commission end after Jews share stories of antisemitism

The first block of hearings began on May 4, providing those impacted by rising antisemitism in the country an opportunity to share their insight and testimonies in the wake of the October 7 Massacre.

SHEINA GUTNICK, whose father was killed in a mass shooting at Bondi Beach, speaks to the media after the first hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney on May 4, 2026.

German court allows pro-Palestinian encampment in Hamburg park where Jews were deported by Nazis

The encampment, whose location was deliberately chosen by the group, will culminate on Saturday with a march from the park to Hamburg’s port.

Activists have set up a pro-Palestinian camp on Hamburg's Moorweide, which a German court permitted over the objections of the city and Jewish community, May 10, 2026.

‘The Wanderers’ tells the story of Poland’s Holocaust survivors who fled to the Soviet Union

Daniela Gerson chronicles her family’s not-so-unique journey in her new book, “The Wanderers," a blend of memoir, history, and journalism.

Daniela Gerson is the author of "The Wanderers."

Nazi-looted painting found in home of Dutch SS collaborator's descendants

Portrait of a Young Girl, by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, was in the collection of Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker before it was taken when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands.

Portrait of a Young Girl by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, hanging in the home of Dutch SS collaborator Hendrik Seyffardt’s descendants.

Law of return reform reignites debate over Jewish identity in Israel - opinion

A controversial bill challenges the inclusivity of Israel’s Law of Return and sparks Diaspora tensions.

Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich discusses the Law of Return

On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad

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

 Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.