The discovery of a Jewish Negro League star forces a rewrite of Jewish baseball history
Oscar Levis was one of the finest pitchers of his era. He was Black and he was Jewish. And for a century, baseball didn’t have the categories to say so.
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The forgotten German who saved Jews in Japan - and the diary that resurfaced 80 years later
Saved from Nazi-occupied Prague, thousands of Torah scrolls find new life through a Satmar scribe
On This Day: Final living hostages return from Gaza, as Trump addresses Knesset following ceasefire
Unearth World War II art history through people's eye
The true artistic and historical depth of renaissance of evil.
On this day: Russian Tsarist forces start Bialystok Pogrom, killing at least 70 Jews
Bialystok, an industrial town in modern-day Poland, had a major Jewish population that was terrorized by local antisemitic Russian military members and police officers.
This month in Jewish history: Nobel and Noble
From Joseph’s birth to Entebbe’s rescue, discover the defining Jewish milestones, heroes, tragedies, and triumphs of Tammuz.
Could you hold a lost piece of Western Wall history? Jerusalem museum seeks rare photos
A new exhibition hopes to uncover rare Western Wall photographs tucked away in attics, basements, and family albums.
On This Day: Six Day War begins in 1967
In only six days, the IDF conquered the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, and east Jerusalem, defeating the armies of Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon.
On This Day: Palestinian terrorists attempt assassinating Israeli ambassador, prompting Lebanon War
Shlomo Argov survived the London shooting attack but remained paralyzed, while Israel launched a campaign that expelled the PLO and set the stage for Iran's Islamic regime to establish Hezbollah.
On This Day: Fatah, Hamas factions form short-lived 'Palestinian Unity Government' to rule over PA
On June 2, 2014, Abbas forged a Hamas-Fatah unity government, sparking legal debates and political upheaval. The PA president dissolved the short-lived body in June 2015.
What is Beaufort Castle, the historic Crusader fortress Israel now holds in Lebanon? - explainer
Aside from a smaller fortification present at the site of the current Beaufort Castle, little else is known about the site prior to its capture by the Crusader forces.
Inside Jerusalem’s 1948 siege through the eyes of a child who survived the Old City’s fall
In her book ‘Forever My Jerusalem,’ Shteiner recalls life in the Old City before its fall in 1948 and the emotional return decades later.
Switzerland to release sealed files on Nazi doctor Josef Mengele
Mengele, the monstrous doctor known as the Angel of Death, ran a horrifying system of experiments on Auschwitz camp prisoners, exploiting his professional status to advance Nazi racial theory.
