Fifty years after “Operation Entebbe,” Gadi Ilan still doesn’t first remember the gunfire. Or the explosions. Or even the moment he saw his commander, Lt. Col. Yonatan (“Yoni”) Netanyahu, commander of the elite Sayeret...

  I've taken my kids sledding on Art Hill. I've walked the Zoo, wandered the trails and, years ago, even rode a Forest Park Century, circling the park roughly 17 times to complete a 100-mile ride. Like generations of St. Louisans, I've...

You can enter the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum’s new “Nazis Next Door” exhibit expecting to find uniforms, propaganda and photographs of men who made their allegiance obvious. One of the exhibit’s most unsettling stories, however,...

Unpacked is the #1 Jewish educational media brand for today’s digital generation, presenting insightful, inspiring and nuanced content around Israel, Judaism and all things Jewish. More at unpacked.media More than two decades before Rabbi Naftali...

June 28, 1919 — Poland Provides Legal Protections for Jews The Republic of Poland, reconstituted as an independent country after World War I, adopts its Minorities Treaty to protect various groups. In addition to general assurances, the treaty specifically...

This story was originally published by the Jewish Women’s Archive, and is repurposed here with permission. Hannah Altman is a Jewish-American photographer whose work considers myth, performance, memory, and lineage. She holds an MFA from Virginia...

  This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. A July 1954 funeral in Fairbanks, Alaska, drew unexpected attention from Jewish newspapers across...

  When people think about Auschwitz, one name often comes to mind: Josef Mengele. Known as the "Angel of Death," Mengele became infamous for conducting brutal medical experiments on prisoners, particularly twins. His name has become synonymous...

  Is there a Jewish presence in the remote country of Iceland? For most people, the answer will invariably be that they have no idea, and then surprise to learn that the island nation is in fact home to a small but thriving Jewish community. Located...

  (JTA) — When David Freedman discovered a long-forgotten photo album in his parents’ Montreal basement last year, he found nearly 100 pages of century-old photographs from his grandfather’s year in British Mandate Palestine, capturing...

  More than a century after World War I ended, researchers are still discovering Jewish American soldiers buried beneath Christian crosses. On June 2, five Jewish soldiers killed during World War I received new headstones bearing Stars...

  For decades, Nathan Hilu filled sketchbooks with frantic drawings from memory. His pages were crowded with handwritten notes, swirls of color, courtroom scenes, military uniforms and repeated images connected to his time as a young Jewish...