Jews

In Era of Hardening Identities, Trump Order on Jews Kindles Questions Old and New

The president said he wanted to target anti-Semitic speech on campuses, but in the time of new nationalism, nothing is really that simple.

Nearly 1 in 5 say they would not accept Jews as fellow citizens in Poland

Polish attitudes toward Jews are typical of the public’s views in many of the 17 other countries Pew Research Center surveyed in Central and Eastern Europe.

Donald Trump and Jews: President Had Long History of Controversies Before Michael Wolff’s ‘Creepy’ Claim

President Donald Trump and Jews: Oy, it's complicated.

There’s Still More to Learn About Hitler

by Thomas Weber

One thing is how his hatred of Poles was different from his hatred of Jews.

Poland honors historian who said Nazi invasion wasn’t so bad for Jews

Head of Institute of National Remembrance in Lublin receives government award, weeks after publishing article downplaying Jewish suffering in WW2.

Donald Trump, Jews and the myth of race: How Jews gradually became “white,” and how that changed America

by Jonathan Zimmerman

Until the 1940s, Jews in America were considered a separate race. Their journey to whiteness has important lessons.

What Was It Like to Be a Jew in the Past? How a New Play, "If I Forget," Answers this Question.

by Bruce Chadwick

The story, full of very funny dialogues and deep, finely etched characters, is a wrenching family story and a nice look at a religion in which many of its members worry. And worry. And worry.

Martin Kramer notes how a ban on Jews in the 1930s affected historian Bernard Lewis

by Martin Kramer

"Trump’s limited executive order doesn’t resemble the sweeping Jewish ban that changed the career of Bernard Lewis.”

Why Did Japan Treat Jews Differently During World War II?

The answer is provided in a new book by historian Meron Medzini.

Historians try to account for the strange rise, fall and resurgence of the Blood Libel against Jews

by Ralph Seliger

Scholars spoke at a NY conference on the medieval origins of the blood libel — the bizarre accusation that Jews murder Christian children to drain their blood in order to make matses for Passover.

Sobibor Was a Hell on Earth, but There’s More to Be Made of It

by Richard Rashke

That was the discovery Richard Rashke made after bringing the horror to public attention.

The Forward finds that the US spy agency targeted American Jews in WW2

A review of documents released in the 1980s but unexamined until now shows the extent to which Jews were spying on Jews.

A tantalizing find from the Jews of medieval Afghanistan

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Jews not invited to Swedish Kristallnacht commemoration

Organizers in Umeå claim the event is a 'security risk', downplay Holocaust's horrors.

Burning Jews is ‘only solution,’ says Egyptian TV show

In segment on Al-Rahma, host and professor interviewee discuss the ‘black’ history of the Jewish people

Poland may sue historian Jan Gross over claim Poles killed more Jews than Germans during war

The Yale historian says he’s not worried. He’s got the truth on his side.

U.K. Released Hundreds of Nazis After the Holocaust, Says Leading Historian

Dr. Dan Plesch says that the the former Nazi officers were released under pressure from the U.S., which wanted Germany on its side in the Cold War.

Remains of Holocaust experiment victims found at French forensic institute

“How could we still find in the museum of the facility the remains of Jews killed by Hirt 70 years ago?”

Only One Occupied Country in Europe Rose to the Defense of Jews During World War II.

by Yoav J. Tenembaum

It was Denmark. The Danes remarkable story of heroism is worth remembering in this the 70 th year since the end of the war.

It’s Worse for Jews Now than It’s Been Since the 1930s and 1940s

by Edwin Black

An interview with the Anti-Defamation League’s Abraham Foxman, who’s retiring after 50 years service.