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

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

By NEVILLE TELLER

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

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

By HANNAH SARISOHN

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

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

By MOSHE TARAGIN

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

By Samuel J. Hyde

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By LIAT COLLINS

The stone seal found in Jerusalem.

Rare archaeological stone seal uncovered in Jerusalem

THE HEADLINE of ‘The Palestine Bulletin’ reports on the white paper instituting a status quo at the Western Wall, in November 1928.

The Jewish 'status quo' violated? Jewish historical narratives are too often ignored

By YISRAEL MEDAD

Kuźmiuk Bakery in Lublin, Poland, operates in the shadow of the Holocaust: The family that operates it took over a bakery whose Jewish owners were murdered by the Nazis.

Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by Nazis

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

Illustration.

I’m a rabbi who wrote a fantasy novel drawing inspiration from Judaism's sacred past

By RABBI JILL HAMMER\JTA

THE FRONT GATE of Auschwitz carries the infamous phrase: ‘Arbeit macht frei.’ The writer states: ‘Perhaps we as Jews are less alone in our grief than we may fear.’

Forging bonds of faith: A Rabbi's journey with evangelical Christians in Poland

By JOSHUA STANTON

THE MASSES gather at the Western Wall, toward the conclusion of Tisha B’Av, on Tuesday. We face the risk of another destruction today if we fail to pull back from the brink, the writers warn.

Our future is at risk if level of hatred among us is not reduced

By Dr. Netanel Fisher , Dr. Adar Cohen

THE BOOK of Lamentations is read in a Tel Aviv synagogue at the beginning of Tisha B’Av on Monday night, with worshipers sitting on the floor as a sign of mourning. ‘This year, Tisha B’Av was unlike any other I have experienced,’ the writer laments.

Hopefully this will be the first and last 'real' Tisha B'Av after October 7

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

EXCAVATION DIRECTOR Dr. Philip Wakosowicz stands in the City of David National Park, at the section of Jerusalem walls the Babylonians encountered when they destroyed the city on Tisha B’Av, over 2,600 years ago.

Unveiling Jerusalem: Jodi Magness’s comprehensive archaeological journey through time

By NEVILLE TELLER