Conference to promote the study of Eastern European Jewry in Ukraine
A postcard photo of Galician Jews in the resort town of Truskavets, Ukraine, in the 1920s or 30s Photo by Wikimedia Commons
By Forverts Staff
January...
Netanyahu government has ‘tarnished’ Zionism, says new group co-founded by former JLC leader
The former chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council, Sir Mick Davis, is launching an international network to advance Israel’s founding ideals which he believes...
This Jerusalem pizzeria renamed itself after Donald Trump to please American customers
Yitzchak Babayoff, the owner of Pizza Trump in Jerusalem, poses in his shop on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2025. (Deborah Danan)
By Deborah Danan
January 21,...
From WWII Amsterdam, a deeply disturbing story of Dutch complicity with the Nazis
A clip from Willy Lindwer’s documentary ‘Lost City.’ Courtesy of Willy Lindwer
By Gary Lucas
January 21, 2025
I am a musician who has spent a good...
Starmer thanks Netanyahu for work to secure Emily Damari release
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has thanked his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu for his government’s work to secure the release of Emily Damari and other...
Report rejects calls for Belgium Holocaust compensation over role in death camp deportations
An official report in Belgium has rejected calls to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors over the role the country’s nationalised rail company played in death camp...
Jules Feiffer, a ‘smartass’ Jew whose work spanned comics and cinema, dies at 95
Jules Feiffer, who dominated the world of comics, film and theater, died at 95. Image by Dick Demarisco
By PJ Grisar
January 21, 2025
Jules Feiffer, the...
Jewish childcare centre torched in Australia’s latest antisemitic attack
A Jewish childcare centre near a Sydney synagogue was set alight on Tuesday morning, marking the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks in Australia....