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 BUCHENWALD SURVIVORS attempt to make aliyah, 1945. Arriving in Haifa, they were arrested by British forces.

Consistent Torah education has earned today's Jews the stamina to survive

By Chava Givon
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
 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
 U.S. President Joe Biden reacts after signing a proclamation designating November 17 as "International Conservation Day", during his tour at the Museu da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, November 17, 2024.

Biden signs bill developing plan transferring Weitzman Museum to Smithsonian

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 A group of Nazi police in Otfinów, Poland, 1943.

Polish police took initiative in Jewish killings, new book explores

By ZEV STUB/JTA
 The author, right, and Dumisani Washington, CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, lay a wreath in memory of the Jewish victims at Birkenau, Nov. 26, 2024.

On a mission to Auschwitz, I found hope amid the ashes

By William C. Daroff/JTA
 DEGANIA ALEF in 2008. The second child born on the kibbutz was to become Israeli general and politician Moshe Dayan.

This week in Jewish history: UN votes in favor of Israel, first kibbutz founded

By Steven Drucker
 NAZI LEADER Adolf Hitler inspects troops at Prague Castle in 1939.

Graphic novel tells emotional tale of Jews in 1930s aimed at modern audience

 THE ANU MUSEUM of the Jewish People invites the general public to the event, ‘We Are Israelis,’ as part of which the museum launches a new tour, ‘Between Dream and Fulfillment.’ Pictured is a photo on display by Leni Sonnenfeld from 1950.

Celebrating Aliyah: Stories, flavors, and music from new Olim

By NERIA BARR
 Students at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, NY walk through the new Claims Conference Holocaust VR experience which places them inside Kristallnacht, the night of Broken glass

Claims Conference unveils future of Holocaust education in mixed-reality Kristallnacht experience

 IDF soldiers operate in southern Lebanon, October 22. 2024.

Is Israel fighting the October 7 War or the Simchat Torah War?

 Long-range 175mm artillery in action on the Syrian Front, Yom Kippur War

This week in Jewish history: Yom Kippur War turning point, birth of Hebrew and Nazi ghettos

By Steven Drucker
 Sultan Saladin of Egypt and Syria.

This week in Jewish history: Saladin's crusade, Babi Yar, Binding of Isaac

By Steven Drucker
 Washington DC, USA - July 1, 2015: The Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery are both housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building.

House approves bill to study making US Jewish history museum part of the Smithsonian

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
 Prominent activists of the Haskalah, the intellectual movement that sought modernization of Jewish life (Illustrative).

Israel's path forward: Embracing the Jewish heritage of secularism

 Washington DC, USA - July 1, 2015: The Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery are both housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building.

Jewish federations push US leaders to transfer National Museum of American Jews

 THE MEKOR HAIM Central Synagogue with its fort-like roof and memorial to those who fell defending the neighborhood in 1948.

My Word: The tale of one Jerusalem neighbourhood teaches resilience and hope