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Father blesses son as he joins the IDF, April 18.

Are we dwarfs or giants? A look at multi-generational Jewish identity

By MOSHE TARAGIN

Carl Erskine, 1926-2024.

The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter in Jewish history

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

A SCENE from ‘Mickey Saves the Day.’ (14/4/2024)

Mickey Saves the Day spoofs Israeli history with hilarious twists

By HAGAY HACOHEN

Portuguese students visit Porto's Jewish Museum, March 20, 2024.

1,000 Portuguese students visit Porto's Jewish Museum for Inquisition Memorial Day

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A Purim noisemaker, handmade by Kelman Micenmacher for his son Marcel in Nazi-occupied France in 1941. The grogger is now in the collection of Yad Vashem.

Handmade Purim noisemaker from Holocaust transit camp donated to Yad Vashem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Cast members pose for a family photo during a premiere for the Apple TV+ series "Masters of the Air" in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 10, 2024.

The real Jewish history of 'Rosie’ Rosenthal in Apple TV+’s ‘Masters of the Air’

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Newfoundland.

The dark Jewish history of Canada's Newfoundland - opinion

By JACOB SIVAK

IDF FATIGUES: Color may be drab, but it resonates with our collective hopes.

Colors of pride: Blue-and-white Israel rallies behind IDF green

By MOSHE TARAGIN

A man stands on the rubble of a house destroyed by recent shelling during Ukraine-Russia conflict in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 7, 2022.

This Jewish family became refugees because of the Russia war — twice

By MICHAEL STARR

The remains of the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists when they infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023

We thought we beat Jewish history. We were wrong - opinion

By RABBI AHARON E. WEXLER

Two hundred years of survival. Lily and Walter together in Lily's home in London, UK.

Two centenarian Holocaust survivors meet for first time

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hotel Ilan, which was once Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, is open for lodging. The prayer hall remains intact.

Long-lost Poland Yeshiva books recovered, to be put on display

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

A STILL FROM ‘Resistance – They Fought Back.’

Debunking myth of Jewish passivity in the Holocaust through film

By NERIA BARR

Center for Jewish History in New York City.

Murder victim was anonymous for 13 years - Jewish genealogists found her

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

GAD FRANCO in Istanbul, 1922: His tragedy was particularly poignant, as he had begun his career with high hopes that independent Turkey, successor state to the Ottoman empire, would be a beacon of equality, tolerance, and respect, says the writer.

Turkey needs accountability for Jewish persecution - opinion

By LYN JULIUS

Poster for the film “1506”.

New film on 1506 massacre of Lisbon Jews garners worldwide attention

By Brooke Sarah Borden

The Schoenbergs in a poster for ‘Fioretta,’ which premiered on September 30.

‘Fioretta’: A cinematic journey through five centuries of Jewish history

By SHULA KOPF

Katz demonstrates Krav Maga with a colleague. ‘We rely on sound techniques and the natural body movement.’

Jewish self-defense will ensure a safer future - opinion

By ADAM SCOTT BELLOS