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Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Cambridge University
May 13, 2025, 10:19 am
For first time since Henry VIII created role, a Jew will lead Hebrew studies at Cambridge
Yeshiva University’s Aaron Koller will be the first Jewish Regius Professor of Hebrew
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Herbert Cukurs in 1937 Image by Wikimedia Commons
April 28, 2025, 10:59 am
Latvia again closes case against ‘Butcher of Riga,’ tied to mass murder of Jews
Some far-right Latvians venerate Herbert Cukurs, whom Mossad agents assassinated in 1965
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
The Auschwitz Jewish Centre in Oswiecim, Poland. Photo Credit: The Auschwitz Jewish Centre.
April 7, 2025, 10:40 am
80 years after Auschwitz, kosher food will be sold in Oświęcim
The Auschwitz Jewish Centre is now selling packaged kosher food, in a move both practical and symbolic
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Police on patrol at a previous pro-Palestinian protest in Germany
April 2, 2025, 10:44 am
Citing post-Holocaust law, Germany seeks to deport four pro-Palestinian protesters
One of the people who has been ordered to leave the country is a U.S. citizen
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Polish archaeology students at work excavating a Jewish cemetery in Warsaw, September 2024. (Shira Li Bartov)
February 28, 2025, 11:01 am
Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world
In a secluded burial ground blanketed with tragedy and neglect, a group of young people are revealing fragments of Poland’s Jewish past.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder with the Israeli president
August 29, 2024, 10:57 am
At 28, Ireland’s new Chief Rabbi is leading an ageing population in time of turmoil
Yoni Wieder on leading Ireland’s Jews, how they have been shaped by the Israel-Hamas war and how they are thinking about their place in Ireland.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
President of the French conservative party Les Republicains and member of Parliament Eric Ciotti and far-right National Rally president Marine Le Pen attend a session of the National Assembly in Paris, April 4, 2023. (Christophe Archambault / AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
June 12, 2024, 5:32 pm
French conservative leader embraces Marine Le Pen’s far-right party with history of antisemitism
Eric Ciotti, president of the right-wing Republicans has called for a country-wide alliance with the National Rally
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
The postcards returned to Lublin in an April 2024 ceremony included ones addressed to its head, Rabbi Meir Schapiro. (Courtesy Monika Tarajko)
May 1, 2024, 8:47 am
A German soldier looted postcards from doomed Jews in Poland. 80 years later, his granddaughter brought them back
The documents have since been transferred to Lublin’s State Archive for professional preservation and will be available to view on request.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Pro-Palestinian protesters hold flags during a rally outside the opening of the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on March 10, 2024. (Mouneb Taim /Anadolu via Getty Images) JTA
March 11, 2024, 12:28 pm
Pro-Palestinian protesters target Dutch Holocaust museum opening ceremony attended by Israeli president
More than 1,000 people joined in the protest over the ceremony, which took place in Amsterdam’s historic Portuguese Synagogue.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of X (formerly Twitter), sits in front of a video simulating an X feed during the Holocaust during a European Jewish Association conference in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024. (Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images via JTA)
January 26, 2024, 10:44 am
Could social media really have stopped the Holocaust?
Scholars say Elon Musk’s ‘fantasy scenario’ of Twitter/X preventing the Shoah is far-fetched.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Sebastião Feio, president of the Porto municipal general assembly, speaks at a ceremony dedicating the Portuguese city's memorial to the local victims of the Inquisition, Sept. 3, 2023. (Courtesy CIP-CJP)
September 11, 2023, 12:26 pm
Porto’s Jewish community unveils memorial to 842 local victims of Portuguese Inquisition
Victims killed or expelled from 1536 to 1821 were aged between 10 and 110 years old
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
(Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images)
September 4, 2023, 8:03 am
More than 20,000 Israelis sought Portuguese nationality last year
The surge of applicants began after Portugal passed its “law of return” in 2015, allowing the descendants of Portuguese Sephardic Jews who were affected by the 16th century to apply for nationality.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong speaks at a symposium in Brisbane, July 28, 2023. (Pat Hoelscher/AFP via Getty Images)
August 10, 2023, 9:21 am
Australia will refer to West Bank as ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ in policy change
Australia said its strengthening its opposition to Israeli settlements by “affirming they are illegal under international law and a significant obstacle to peace.”
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Alex Borstein, left, and Rachel Brosnahan in a scene from Season 3 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Studios)
May 30, 2023, 4:07 pm
As The Marvelous Mrs Maisel ends, will its Jewish legacy be more than a punchline?
The significance of this award-winning show extends far beyond light-hearted entertainment
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
Bel Powley as Miep Gies in "A Small Light." (National Geographic for Disney/Dusan Martincek)
May 3, 2023, 10:05 am
Disney+ series ‘A Small Light’ tells the Anne Frank story from the perspective of the woman who hid her
“Miep is just like a pack mule, she fetches and carries so much,” Anne Frank said in her diary about Miep Gies.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
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