Holocaust

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Jews on Friday marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto and the end of the Holocaust, which killed more than 500,000 Jews and destroyed a once-vibrant Jewish culture across Hungary. “I lost 49 famil…

When it comes to creator/EP David Weil’s new Amazon series Hunters, it all goes back to grandma. “My grandmother was a Holocaust survivor and she told me about her experiences during the war,” said Weil, “Hearing this felt like the stuff of comics books and …

I wonder if any of us have learned from the past, Ofra Bloch, the director of Afterward, says upon hearing the agonizing story of Abir Aramin,a 10-year-old Palestinian girl who was shot and killed by Israeli forces in 2007. Yet when watching Abirs father spe…

Prince Charles is set to make one of the key addresses at the Holocaust memorial in Israel as the world marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. In what aides at his office on Monday called the “highest level…

Following a teaser from November, Amazon Prime Video shares the first full-length trailer for Jordan Peele‘s anticipated new series, Hunters, starring Al Pacino in his debut television role. The show, which is produced by Peele and created by David Weil, cent…

Police are investigating a number of recent hate crimes against houses of worship across the nation. On Wednesday, a Hasidic man was assaulted in Brooklyn, the latest in a string of anti-Semitic violence. There were more than 1,300 anti-Semitic incidents last…

A white nationalist attorney who headlined the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville has been arrested in Florida on kidnapping, high and aggravated domestic violence, and possession of a firearm during a violent crime. Augustus Sol Invictus, 36,…

Celebrants, some of the estimated 350,000 Jews all over the world who take part in the movement known as Daf Yomi, gather in the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (Jackson Krule/The New York Times) EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Fo…

Albert Einstein AP Photo The New York Times defended an op-ed written by columnist Bret Stephens on Friday which provoked heavy criticism and led to canceled subscriptions.  In the column, titled "The Secrets of Jewish Genius," Stephens explores the idea t…

The New York Times defended an op-ed written by columnist Bret Stephens on Friday which provoked heavy criticism and led to canceled subscriptions.  In the column, titled "The Secrets of Jewish Genius," Stephens explores the idea that Jewish people, in parti…