Germany Celebrates UNESCO World Heritage Listing for Sites Known as Birthplace of Yiddish and...
Germany held a ceremony to celebrate the first German-Jewish sites to be given UNESCO’s World Heritage designation on Feb. 1.
The sites in the upper...
Russian Missiles Reportedly Damage Historic Synagogue in Southeastern Ukraine
Russian missile fire damaged a 113-year-old synagogue last weekend in the city of Huliaipole, Ukraine.
An unconfirmed photo of the synagogue on Twitter shows a...
World Briefs: Half of 25 Most Generous Philanthropists in US Are Jews, but Few...
Half of 25 Most Generous Philanthropists in US Are Jews, but Few Give to Jewish Groups
Jews made up nearly half of America’s biggest philanthropic...
New Report Finds Holocaust Education Expanding in Africa, Arab World, Eastern Europe
Annual study from Tel Aviv University’s Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry provides encouraging news.
On Jan. 26, the day before International Holocaust...
World Briefs: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Obscures Massive Painting of Jesus at Sea and...
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Obscures Massive Painting of Jesus at Sea
The painting in a key room in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy was as...
In the Netherlands, a Majority Do Not Know the Holocaust Affected Their Country
A recent study of the Dutch population conducted by the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany showed an alarming lack of education around...
One Month Ahead of Ukraine War Anniversary, JDC Widens Care for Jews in Europe
As the world prepares to commemorate one year since the start of the crisis in Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) continues and is expanding its...
‘Jews Out!’ German Board Game on Exhibit at Tel Aviv University Library
On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, a new exhibition at the Wiener Library for the Study of the Nazi...
New Images Discovered in Poland Offer Never-Before-Seen Perspective on Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
For the last 80 years, the only way to see images of Jews rising up against their captors in the Warsaw Ghetto has been...
World Briefs: Tennis Champion Dick Savitt Dies at 95 and more
Tennis Champion Dick Savitt Dies at 95
Dick Savitt, the Jewish tennis champion who won both the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships in 1951, died...
