A rape case involving a 7-year-old ultra-Orthodox girl and a video of Arabs and Jews celebrating at a wedding have torn two West Bank villages apart.
Tag: Jews and Judaism
The Holocaust Survivor Who Deciphered Nazi Doublespeak
The personal papers of one of World War II’s earliest historians reveal an obsession with how Nazis distorted the German language.
Nazis Killed Her Father. Then She Fell in Love With One.
Their billionaire descendants, who control Krispy Kreme, Stumptown and other brands, are grappling with the exposure of an unspeakable secret.
Murray Polner, Antiwar Editor and Author, Is Dead at 91
An outspoken pacifist, Mr. Polner founded the progressive public affairs journal Present Tense in 1973 and was its only editor until it closed in 1990.
German Parliament Deems B.D.S. Movement Anti-Semitic
The campaign to boycott Israeli artists and goods recalled “the most terrible chapter in German history” and revived memories of the motto “Don’t buy from Jews.”
Anti-Semitic Crime Rises in Germany, and Far Right Is Blamed
An annual report on politically motivated crime found anti-Semitic offenses and hate crimes against foreigners both up significantly, even as violence fell.
A Friend to Israel, and to Bigots: Viktor Orban’s ‘Double Game’ on Anti-Semitism
Hungary’s leader has backed Jewish institutions and causes, and befriended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel — while making use of anti-Semitic tropes.
Global Health: Where Will Measles Break Out Next? Chicago, Los Angeles or Miami, Scientists Predict
A new study ranks the risks in U.S. counties by the numbers of unvaccinated children and proximity to international airports. But no one predicted the outbreak in Brooklyn.
At War: These Jewish World War II Veterans Would Be Legends, if People Knew Their Stories
An estimated 17,000 Jewish Canadians fought in World War II. Many of their stories have never been told, including my grandfather’s.
Belarus Building Site Yields the Bones of 1,214 Holocaust Victims
Activists, who say the city knew about the mass grave for slaughtered Jews, ask why a permit was issued.