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Train Commemorates Jewish Deportations

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0200

A special train was dispatched from Poprad railway station to Auschwitz, Poland on Friday in anticipation of the 70th anniversary of the first transport of Jewish women from Slovakia to the Nazi concentration camp on March 25, 1942

Oldest Jewish Tombstone Found

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

A tombstone discovered in Germany dating back to the thirteenth century during a construction project holds the distinction of being the oldest surviving Jewish grave stone.

Slovaks with Righteous among Nations Award

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Another 17 Slovaks will be awarded with the title 'Righteous among the Nations', which is given to non-Jews who helped save the lives of Jewish people during WWII, the Israeli Embassy informed media.

Second Temple seal 'pure for God' found in Jerusalem

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A rare clay seal found under Jerusalem's Old City appears to be linked to religious rituals practiced at the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago.

50 Million Pages of Nazi Records in ITS Bad Arolsen Archive Made Public

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

After 60 years of being hidden away from the public, Nazi records about the 17.5 million people - Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, mental patients, handicapped and other undesirables – they will be open to the public.

Israeli experts decode only Arabic Crusader inscription ever found

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Name of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and date '1229' found on 800-year-old Jaffa wall long thought by archaeologists to be artifact of relatively recent Ottoman period.

Warsaw hosts biggest gathering of rabbis since WWII

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Dozens of rabbis from across Europe have gathered in Warsaw for the largest meeting of Jewish religious leaders in Poland since the community was virtually wiped out during World War II.

Dead Sea Scrolls goes online

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The famous 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls are now available for viewing online in high-resolution, thanks to Google and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Aron Kodesh Found Underground in Vilnius

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The site of a 16th century Aron Kodesh of The Great Synagogue of Vilnius was uncovered. Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius visited with Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky.

Best-Preserved House from the Period of the Kingdom of Israel Is Uncovered in Haifa

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Exceptional detective-archaeological work at the first season of archaeological digs at Tel Shikmona has uncovered the remains of a house dating back to the period of the Kingdom of Israel.

2,000-year-old burial box is the real deal

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A 2,000 year-old ossuary, discovered in Israel in 2008 and belonging to the daughter of the High Priest Caiaphas, is said to be authentic by the Israel Antiquities Authority Unit.

Israeli choir sings at Nazi Dachau death camp

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

An Israeli student choir was set to sing Hebrew songs in the former Nazi concentration camp of Dachau - standing on soil that many older Jews regard as forever cursed.

You are here: Home / News / Hitler's First Antisemitic Letters acquired by Simon Wiesenthal Center Hitler's First Antisemitic Letters acquired

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has acquired at a price of 100,000 pounds, Hitler's oldest known written expression of his hatred for Jews.

Winton's Trains at Liverpool Street station

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Events will be held at London's Liverpool Street Station during the period 21 May - 21 June to commemorate the kinderstransport operation in 1939, which involved the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.

Dispute with US group over Jewish holy texts leads Russia to freeze cultural loans to US

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has threatening cultural loans between the two countries.