Separated by the Holocaust, old friends find each other 76 years later
By Gabrielle Birkner LOS ANGELES (JTA) — When Alice (Gerstel) Weit last saw Simon Gronowski, she was 13 and he was 10 and, by Alice’s recollection,…
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Polish president says new Holocaust law will not silence survivors’ stories
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — On April 12, 2018 the presidents of Poland and Israel met in Oświęcim, near the Auschwitz Nazi death camp, where they…
After its latest strike on Syria, Israel’s cozy relationship with Russia could be over
By Ben Sales (JTA) — Israel attacked Syria on Monday, just like it (reportedly) has countless times before. The difference now is that Russia is…
Deaths on Gaza border hand Hamas a PR victory and Israel an angry internal debate
By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — When the smoke from the rifles of Israeli sharpshooters and the firebombs thrown by Gaza Palestinians cleared in the…
In European Jewry’s longest-running song contest, Israel is always a winner
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Each spring, the televised Eurovision song contest captivates the continent in ways that outsiders can never hope to understand….