History
This week in Jewish history: The SS Exodus, Tisha B’Av, and Nobel pioneers
From the destruction of the Temples to Nobel Prize breakthroughs, the coming weeks mark defining moments of Jewish loss, resilience and achievement.
Lincoln Memorial to pull historic documents from public display over fear of heat damage - report
The global war to delegitimize Israel: The war for which Israel built no shelters - opinion
Middle Israel: How Jews and Palestinians became masters of historical denial
Letters of love and survival: A Holocaust love story preserved at Yad Vashem
A young Orthodox couple in Hungary exchanged messages that sustained them through forced labor, ghettos, brazen escapes, and months in hiding.
From Harbin to Hollywood: The tale of two talented Jewish sisters in China's 'Ice City'
Once home to a thriving Jewish community, Harbin now preserves its past through music - and the enduring legacy of the Schoenfeld sisters.
As war reshapes the region, Kurds returns to center stage - opinion
As war with Iran deepens, the long-ignored Kurdish question emerges as a decisive factor in the region’s future.
A Passover tribute: Kindness from a Jerusalem neighborhood pharmacy
Every year as Seder approaches, we all look for inspiration in how to make our Seder even richer than the year before.
Passover and peoplehood: The ongoing struggle with empire - opinion
The struggle that Israel and the United States have embarked on against Iranian hegemony speaks to the age-old imperative to counter Egypt.
New biography alleges Prince Philip secretly battled pancreatic cancer for eight years
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.
Passover and the Holocaust: Why Judaism refuses to build identity on tragedy - opinion
The only safeguard against this constant danger is constant vigilance: seeing Jewish duty as the greatest of privileges.
'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack - review
This review of The Road to October 7 follows an interview with its author published in the Magazine earlier this month.
'Playmakers': How Jews shaped the American Dream through toys and teddy bears - review
Marginality and antisemitism gave Jews the edge they needed to innovate and invent.
New study rewrites the story of King Harold’s loss of England to William the Conqueror
Analysis of battlefield sources and chronicles deepens the mystery around the last anglo-saxon monarch.