World war i

'Death of a Democracy': Exploring the rise and fall of Weimar Germany - review

Victor Sebestyen has painted a vivid picture of the life and eventual death of Weimar Germany, telling the painful story of Germany between 1918 and 1933.

WEIMAR GERMANY: DEATH OF A DEMOCRACY by Victor Sebestyen
 A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025.

PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan’s anti-Israel rhetoric threatens Kurdish-Jewish relations - opinion

British infantry soldiers running out of their trenches at the signal to assault  the Somme, France, 1916.

The Somme, 110 years on: The Jewish soldiers who fought and died

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.

America’s ‘luck’ is running out: The lost industrial engine that powered US greatness - opinion


France says Remembrance Day blast in Saudi city Jeddah wounds several

The explosion was the second security incident to take place in Jeddah in the last couple of weeks.

Shi'ite Muslim clerics arrive for a mass funeral for victims of a suicide attack on a mosque, in Qatif, east Saudi Arabia, May 25, 2015

More nurses dead from coronavirus than in WWI - Int'l Council of Nurses

An independent investigation probes the death toll of healthcare workers, estimating it is much higher than reported, and condemns worldwide organizations for not doing as such.

A NURSE WEARS a mask in the Coronavirus Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

Anniversary of Balfour Declaration: Remembering Arthur James Balfour

Thank you Britain for your Balfour Declaration – Chag Balfour Sameach!

Lord Balfour's writing desk. Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv.

WWI-era photo reveals story about torn family of Jew, Christian

Marysia Galbraith, a Christian woman, from Alabama and Pini Doron, a Jewish man, from Israel discover their lost familial connection.

WWI Australian Army 311

No Man's Land: The story of women doctors in WWI

Recognition as exceptions relegates women to a niche, while history has proved that millions of women have contributed to the better life of their peers and laid the groundwork for progress.

A Red Cross volunteer works to prevent the spread of corona in Senegal in April

Cossacks in the living room: the story of Turka art

The story was close to my heart: I remember my own grandmother telling us about her being a little girl hiding under the kitchen table as the Cossacks plundered her village (also in today’s Ukraine).

'Turka' acrylic on canvas, 100 x 150 cm

Famed Jewish academic Zara Steiner died aged 91

Steiner's work was widely praised, and her books received great reviews for their in-depth coverage of events.

Books

French World War I helmet could prevent soldiers' brain injuries

According to researchers in the field, modern day military helmets, including those used by the US military today, are no more effective in preventing the damage caused by blast shock waves than military helmets used 100 years ago.

Specialist Tevin Howe and Specialist Eduardo Martinez take part in training on a U.S. Army Patriot surface-to-air missile launcher at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, January 12, 2019. Picture taken January 12, 2019. U.S. Air Force/Tech

Time for a New European Peace Conference?

Two-thousand years of European global domination ended at the outset of World War I. A century later, Europe has yet to come to terms with it.

Delegates at the 1815 Congress of Vienna

Roman Polanski takes on the Dreyfus Affair

Now 86 and still as sharp as ever, Polanski was born to a Jewish father who survived concentration camps and a partly Jewish mother murdered at Auschwitz.

Dreyfus, painted by Jean Baptiste Guth  for Vanity Fair, 1899