While Anne Frank hid, Hannah Senesh grabbed a gun and parachuted into Nazi Europe. Why does the world remember one and ignore the other? A conversation with author Matti Friedman.
My grandfather hid his family in the sewers of Nazi-occupied Lvov for 14 months. What kept them human down there is something I'm still trying to understand.
A fearless 27-year-old Jewish lawyer forced Hitler to squirm on the witness stand. Years later, imprisoned in Dachau, Hans Litten’s defiance became a symbol of resistance.
In the early 20th century, Schwester Selma Meir, a German-trained nurse, brought order, compassion, and professional care to Jerusalem, changing the future of medicine in the Land of Israel.
Architectural drawings enabled industrialized murder at Auschwitz and its creator walked free, exposing how professional skill, ethical silence, and bureaucracy can become instruments of genocide.
In the final days of WWII, one last, improbable battle unfolded inside a medieval castle where American soldiers and German defectors fought side by side against SS troops.
Gen. Isidor Borowski was a Jewish adventurer-soldier who fought for Napoleon, helped liberate Venezuela, and rose to become a favored general of the Persian Shah.
In a daring operation on Christmas Eve 1969, Israel spirited five warships out of a NATO port, vanishing into winter storms during a covert intelligence gamble that stunned Europe.
They helped defeat the Nazis with microfilm tucked into gloves, messages woven into yarn, and intelligence smuggled by bicycle, ski, sewing needle, and hair ribbon.
Journey through Europe’s most beautiful synagogues — timeless sanctuaries where art, history, and faith unite. These photographs reveal a heritage of beauty, resilience, and devotion.
Behind Hitler’s propaganda stood Leni Riefenstahl—filmmaker, artist, denier. A new documentary, drawn from her private archives, reveals the truths she never admitted.
Three women, one mission, zero mistakes. These Mossad heroines, armed with nothing but courage, cunning, and disguise, uncovered Syria’s secret reactor—altering the course of Middle Eastern history.
Ladino bound Sephardic families and traditions for centuries. Nearly lost to history, it’s now finding unexpected revival through teens and global efforts.
A documentary unearths the explosive controversy over Holocaust reparations—fierce protests, political clashes, and a moral reckoning that split survivors, Israel, and postwar Germany apart.
Dragged before a sultan in 1834, Solica was told: convert to Islam or be executed. The 17-year-old girl paid the ultimate price, and her refusal continues to echo across generations.
Before today’s bitter conflict, Iran and Israel were close allies—sharing oil, intelligence, and friendship. This is the lost chapter the world rarely remembers.
Passover and the Crisis of Jewish Identity
