On this day in 1955, Bulgarian MiG fighters brought down El Al Flight 402, killing all 58 people aboard and setting off a Cold War dispute over responsibility and justice.
Over the years, scholars have proposed possible sites for the crossing, with Dr. Yehoshua Meron concluding that it took place near the shoreline of Nuweiba on the eastern coast of the Sinai Peninsula.
HOLOCAUST AFFAIRS: This year, eight survivors will take part in key roles in the state ceremony on Monday evening at 8 p.m.
Dov Levin escaped the Kovno Ghetto, fought in the forests, and crossed war-torn Europe alone to reach Israel - documenting every step of a journey defined by loss, resilience, and purpose.
A young Orthodox couple in Hungary exchanged messages that sustained them through forced labor, ghettos, brazen escapes, and months in hiding.
Once home to a thriving Jewish community, Harbin now preserves its past through music - and the enduring legacy of the Schoenfeld sisters.
On the night before his death at Windsor Castle, the duke is said to have slipped out of his room and given his nurses the slip.
This review of The Road to October 7 follows an interview with its author published in the Magazine earlier this month.
Marginality and antisemitism gave Jews the edge they needed to innovate and invent.
Analysis of battlefield sources and chronicles deepens the mystery around the last anglo-saxon monarch.
A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.
