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 The repurposed 1916 diary used by Charlotte Buchsbaum to document her life and the end of World War II.

How a Jewish teen’s description of New York City life in 1945 found a new audience of millions

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
  THE WRITER, at the age of three, walks with his parents.

From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport: A personal story of hope

 SOPRANO SHAKED STRUL appears in ‘War Requiem’ by Benjamin Britten.

Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ at the Israeli Opera

 Al Schwimmer with David Ben-Gurion.

Aaron Sorkin to write and possibly direct film on Al Schwimmer's daring legacy

 The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 1, 2014.

A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
St. Sava cathedral in Belgrade, Karadjordje Petrovic statue

Israel must not engage with those who endanger Jews

By Dr. Stephen Blank
View of the bow looking east at Ma‘agan Mikhael B shipwreck.

US WWII warship found years after being sunken by Imperial Japanese Navy

 Shinto shrine in Kyoto.

Over 500,000 ceramic 'ghost coins' from World War II discovered in Kyoto warehouse

 Social Democrats leader Vilija Blinkeviciute and a member Gintautas Paluckas attend a press conference after party winning at the general election in Vilnius, Lithuania October 28, 2024.

Lithuania government to include party whose leader is on trial for antisemitism

By REUTERS
 Soviet era cars standing in a row at an open air exhibition.

First car produced in soviet-era Poland goes on display after decades of search

 Hannah Senesh sitting at her desk, from the Senesh Family Archive at the National Library of Israel.

Hannah Szenes: poet, paratrooper, photographer remembered 80 years after death

 Prisoner barracks at Stalag Luft III POW camp from WWII in Zagan, Lubusz, Poland.

Mass grave of nearly 200 prisoners of war found at former Stalag II D camp in Stargard

 Surfboard and palm tree on the beach, surfing area. Travel adventure and water sport, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s last Holocaust survivor finds peace in coastal town

By THE MEDIA LINE
 Jesse Eisenberg attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US January 15, 2024.

'A Real Pain' film presents the parallels of generational struggle

By REUTERS
Displaced Palestinians from Rafah inspect their tents in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 3, 2024

A new Marshall Plan: Reconstructing Gaza like the Allies helped rebuild Europe

By NEVILLE BERMAN
 Klausen Synagogue in Prague, November 2016.

Historic Prague synagogue used on Yom Kippur for the first time since the Holocaust

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
 DRESDEN’S REPUTED Brühl Terrace as seen from the Elbe river.

Dresden – an undervalued must-see city that Israelis tend to skip

By MOTTI VERSES
 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Edi Rama, the prime minister of Albania.

Herzog visits Albania honoring WWII heroes who saved Jews from the Holocaust

By ELDAD BECK