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The first Da’at Hadorot textbook focuses on the Torah. Photo Credit: Central Council of Jews in Germany / Ernst Klett Verlag
August 28, 2026, 12:27 pm
Germany introduces first Jewish religious education textbooks since Holocaust
Eight-volume series will put Jewish studies on ‘equal footing’ with Christian subjects and end reliance on patchwork teaching materials
By Annabel Sinclair
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the the induction ceremony at the Pantheon for late French historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch and his wife Simonne Vidal, in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Alice Sacco/Pool Photo via AP)
August 26, 2026, 11:15 am
Marc Bloch died for France. Where is our own patriotism today?
His extraordinary life and sacrifice prompts a challenge to British Jews contemplating whether their future still lies in Britain
By Josh Glancy
Jurgen Stroop interrogates two captured Jews
August 24, 2026, 9:58 am
Influential book of a Nazi leader’s confessions is now available in English
Conversations with an Executioner was written by Polish political prisoner who shared cell with infamous Nazi war criminal
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Jack Mann.
August 20, 2026, 9:20 pm
Tributes as legendary last surviving member of WWII special forces unit dies at 100
'Everything we have, we have because of men such as Jack. We may never see their like again', says AJEX in moving tribute to British army veteran and hero Jack Mann
By Michelle Rosenberg
Multiple Arabic-language copies of Mein Kampf on display at Aafaq Bookstore. Credit: Elliot Keck
August 13, 2026, 2:06 pm
Mein Kampf found on sale at new London Arabic bookshop
Aafaq denies promoting Hitler’s manifesto and claims councillor rearranged three copies before photographing them
By Annabel Sinclair
Rebeca Grynspan speaks at a 2024 UN conference (Photo: Creative Commons/Gustavo Baretto - United Nations)
August 10, 2026, 3:53 pm
Jewish woman the current frontrunner to become the next UN Secretary General
Rebeca Grynspan, former Vice President of Costa Rica, would become the first female UN leader if elected
By JN Reporter
Jonny Daniels during filming for The Righteous Road Trip, which premieres in Hollywood next month. Credit: The Righteous Road Trip/Big Year Productions
August 10, 2026, 1:57 pm
Holocaust heroes documentary wins best short film prize at US festival
The Righteous Road Trip, made in association with Jewish News, honours some of the last living rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust
By Annabel Sinclair
The *bimah* of the Great Synagogue of Vilna. Photo: Jon Seligman, Israel Antiquities Authority.
August 5, 2026, 2:57 pm
Buried for seventy years, archaeologists uncover bimah of Vilnius Great Synagogue
Mosaic flooring, plaque engraved with the Ten Commandments and parts of the main prayer hall reveal life of pre-war Lithuanian Jewish community
By Michelle Rosenberg
Zigi and Isaac
July 31, 2026, 11:06 am
Welcoming the next generation
One of my friends told me he hoped our son would have my wit and eyes and Kate’s everything else, something which turned out to be closer to a prophecy
By Darren Richman
Dr Martin Stern, UOL Summer 2026 Graduations 14th July
July 20, 2026, 4:21 pm
University of Leicester awards doctorate to Holocaust survivor Dr Martin Stern
Former NHS consultant praised as a 'citizen of change' after 'undiminished' work in immunology and commitment to Shoah education
By Michelle Rosenberg
Psoy Korolenko, left, and Anna Shternshis, right, collaborated on "Yiddish Glory: The Silenced Songs of World War II." (Photo and design by Dan Rosenberg)
July 20, 2026, 2:44 pm
Lost Holocaust music, nearly erased by Stalin, goes on tour in Asia
Yiddish Glory’s new album, resurrecting music from witnesses of the Holocaust, follows a Grammy-nominated debut album
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
The desecrated memorial (Twitter/Emmanuel Gregoire)
July 20, 2026, 12:56 pm
Holocaust memorial vandalised in Paris ahead of annual commemoration
French police are investigating the incident, which has been condemned at both local and national level
By JN Reporter
Dr Rafael Medoff, Holocaust scholar and founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. Photo: Wikipedia
July 15, 2026, 1:33 pm
Holocaust scholar says publisher cancelled book after he refused demands to condemn Israel
Rafael Medoff says his Holocaust book was dropped after he refused political demands, as publisher disputes his account
By Annabel Sinclair
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and Sam Churchill
July 8, 2026, 3:27 pm
HMDT launches new music competition with chance to perform at national ceremony
Offering £500 prize, initiative invites musicians aged 18 - 25 to create an original composition inspired by the Holocaust Memorial Day 2027 theme, 'No Place for Prejudice'
By Michelle Rosenberg
A-police-officer-clears-the-way-for-rescued-Air-France-hostages-returning-from-Entebbe-Airport.
July 6, 2026, 9:43 am
Why Entebbe Wouldn’t be Celebrated Today
The world has gone from celebrating the rescue of Jews to questioning whether they should have been rescued at all
By Leo Pearlman
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