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 Marianne Bern and the key she kept from the Bielefeld synagogue that was destroyed on Kristallnacht.

Die Tochter einer Kristallnacht überlebender kehrte die Schlüssel einer zerstörten Synagoge zurück

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA
 THE FOREIGN MINISTRY announced the closure on Sunday of the Israeli Embassy in Ireland, in light of the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government.

From criticism to closure: How did Irish-Israeli relations get to this point?

 A silhouette of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, is displayed near a flag of the state of Israel on a building in Jerusalem.

Pro-Israel activist addresses lack of knowledge of Zionist history among Israelis

 A cold mug of beer

All about beer: A serious, ancient craft, built on science, expertise, and deep love

By SHLOMO MAITAL
 Berlin's historic Molkenmarkt.

Archaeologists uncover rare medieval saint figures in Berlin's Molkenmarkt

 DURAK CARD game with four players, 1974 traditional Atlasnye deck.

Analyzing the terms and expressions associated with our most popular card games

By RUTH BELOFF
Adrien Brody in "The Brutalist"

‘The Brutalist,’ the epic new movie getting Oscar buzz, is built from the stories of postwar Jews

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 NAZI TROOPS and students gather seized papers and books to burn, in the Opernplatz, Berlin, 1933.

This week in Jewish history: Jordan & Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Egypt

By Steven Drucker
 A glass of Jerusalem wine with the Montefiore Windmill logo.

The Jerusalem wine story: An in-depth look at the Holy City's history with the grape

The east-west-oriented Roman road in Sussita, in the Golan Heights.

Preserved Roman road in Golan found to be constructed in the late second century CE

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a news conference, last Monday night. If he takes bold steps to improve Israel’s peace, sovereignty, and security, he can establish a legacy as Israel’s greatest and most courageous prime minister, the writer maintains.

Achieving a legacy of greatness

By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI
 The Tel Dan Stele on display at the Jewish Museum in New York.

Tel Dan Stele, oldest archaeological evidence of King David, comes to NY’s Jewish Museum

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 PALESTINIAN PERMANENT observer to the UN Riyad Mansour addresses the Security Council last month. The Palestinian demand for the ‘historic state of Palestine’ lacks any historical justification, as there has never been a Palestinian people, the writer asserts.

How misleading info leads to false claims of a historic 'Palestinian state'

By David Ben-Basat
 The Central Synagogue of Aleppo in January 2016.

What happened to relics of Syria’s Jewish history? Assad’s collapse spurs efforts to assess damage

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
 A general view of the Grand Al-Nuri Mosque after it was evacuated due to the discovery of explosive devices inside it dating back to the time of the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, June 29, 2024.

Is France contributing to ongoing problems in the Middle East?

 How Much Gold Has Been Mined in Human History?

How Much Gold Has Been Mined in Human History?

By Eran Tal
 A group of Nazi police in Otfinów, Poland, 1943.

Polish police took initiative in Jewish killings, new book explores

By ZEV STUB/JTA
 Remains of structures at the archeological site of Ashdod Sea, on the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on September 2, 2019

TAU researchers discover second-century BCE fortress at Ashdod-Yam