Jewish history

The Dominican Republic took in Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in exchange for a promise to develop the land. Franz Blumenstein rides a donkey in Sosúa, Dominican Republic, 1940.
Conflict & Justice
The Dominican Republic took in Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler while 31 nations looked away
A close up of image of ancient Dead Sea scroll texts.
Religion
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a priceless link to the Bible’s past
Jews digging a trench in Ponar forest, in which they were later buried, after being shot
Culture
Science confirms the incredible story of Lithuania’s Holocaust escape tunnel
Beth Haim cemetery in Curaçao is believed to be the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Western Hemisphere.
Religion
Pollution is destroying probably the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Western Hemisphere
Visitors to the new Space of Synagogues memorial place stones in remembrance of the dead in Lviv, Ukraine on Sept. 4.
Culture
Why Ukraine’s newest Holocaust memorial is so important
Author Jalal Al-e Ahmad
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Iran’s Hemingway’ visited Israel in 1963, and wrote about it
Actors Rebecca Schneebaum, Maureen Keiller and Bobbie Steinbach (not pictured) performed "Muttersprache Mameloschn" at the Goethe Institut in Boston.
Arts, Culture & Media
What happened to Jewish survivors who stayed in the former East Germany after the Holocaust?
Lifestyle & Belief
Victims in Toulouse shooting laid to rest in Jerusalem
War, religious-themed restaurants in Ukraine spark controversy
Lifestyle & Belief
The Growing Problem of Anti-Semitism in France
Arts, Culture & Media
Villa Aurora: House of Creativity and Refuge in Los Angeles
Remembering the Holocaust: the Thersienstadt Ghetto
Arts, Culture & Media
Israeli singer Yasmin Levy’s flamenco twist
Mideast Troubled Waters Series: Green Dream of Zionism
Conflict & Justice
Commemorating the Great Escape
Arts, Culture & Media
New Polish museum to celebrate Jewish life
Lifestyle & Belief
Anti-Semitism in Spain
Lifestyle & Belief
”The Girl From Foreign”
The village of Vladimirets in northwestern Ukraine. About a four-hour drive from Kiev.
Arts, Culture & Media
Reporter visits family village site of Nazi attack
Global Politics
Israel’s 60th anniversary
Growing up on a kibbutz