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Matt Lebovic

Matt Lebovic

Reporter at The Times of Israel
Krystyna and Pawel Chiger (courtesy: Doron Keren)
April 14, 2026, 3:58 pm
How the sewers under Nazi-occupied Ukraine gave rise to unexpected Holocaust heroes
Ignacy Chiger died half a century ago, but his newly published war memoir raises complicated questions of Judenrat’s Jewish communal responsibility versus allegations of complicity
By Matt Lebovic
Roger Waters performs on stage during his 'The Wall' show at the Olympic stadium in Berlin on September 4, 2013. (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP)
April 11, 2026, 7:29 am
Sex, Nazism and rock ‘n’ roll: Why rockers love to goose step in the gaslights
In ‘This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich,’ music historian Daniel Rachel unpacks role of Nazi symbols for icons from Bowie to Lennon
By Matt Lebovic
The digital film set of Auschwitz-Birkenau, called 'Picture from Auschwitz,' was created by ATM Virtual Studio and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum in 2025. (Courtesy)
November 22, 2025, 8:29 am
Auschwitz launches a virtual film set of its grounds, and sparks an ethical debate
‘Picture from Auschwitz,’ a brick-by-brick digital reproduction of the Nazi camp created by the memorial, earns praise despite fears of AI-fueled distortion of Holocaust content
By Matt Lebovic
Henrik Lenkeit (courtesy)
November 15, 2025, 7:17 am
German pastor discovers his grandfather was Holocaust architect Heinrich Himmler
After recognizing his grandmother as the SS master’s lover in a photo, couples therapist Henrik Lenkeit’s research confirmed he is grandson of notorious SS leader
By Matt Lebovic
'Kindertransport' following Kristallnacht, when faith-based organizations in the UK lobbied for the entry of Jewish children as refugees. (public domain)
August 3, 2025, 7:49 am
UK historian defies experts, discovers unknown Kindertransport records deep in Yad Vashem
Believed not to exist, records found in Jerusalem archives name 9,000 Jewish children saved in rescue operations out of Nazi-occupied Europe between 1938-1940
By Matt Lebovic
Blake Flayton (left) and Emily Schrader, authors of '10 Things Every Jew Should Know Before They Go to College: An Illustrated Guide' (courtesy Griffith Moon Publishers)
June 10, 2025, 2:14 am
‘For Dummies’-style manual aims to equip college-bound Jews for campus life
’10 Things Every Jew Should Know’ offers bird’s eye view of Jewish campus life after October 7, including historical primer, campus landscape assessment, practical advice
By Matt Lebovic
Pages from Eduard Pernkopf's 'Atlas of Topographical & Applied Human Anatomy' (used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 28, 2025, 1:25 am
‘Go-to’ anatomy atlas featuring corpses of Nazi victims revamped by UCLA cardiologist
Inspired by his Jewish teachers, Indian-born physician Kalyanam Shivkumar wants Nazi-made anatomy atlas to become obsolete. But not everyone agrees ‘Pernkopf Atlas’ should be tossed
By Matt Lebovic
From the trials of Adolf Eichmann, which will be examined in 'Eichmann -- The Devil Speaks,' the first series produced by Tadmor Entertainment and MGM (Courtesy GPO)
February 24, 2025, 1:50 am
Argentine president opening files on Nazi ‘ratlines’ that trafficked Eichmann, Mengele
Up to 10,000 Nazi war criminals fled Europe using these escape routes. Javier Milei pledges to declassify files related to how his country settled 5,000 of them
By Matt Lebovic
Survivors attend the offical ceremony at the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau during events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation in Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2020 (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
January 23, 2025, 4:46 am
A decade ago, 300 survivors marked their liberation at Auschwitz. This year, 50 will go
3,000 people expected to attend ceremony on Jan. 27 as international delegations mark 80 years since largest German death camp was liberated by Red Army during World War II
By Matt Lebovic
People visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, February 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
January 13, 2025, 5:00 am
80 Auschwitz survivors film life lessons to mark 80 years since liberation
Created by The Claims Conference, new series of video testimonies from Auschwitz survivors aims to help young people ‘listen to their voices and carry their stories forward’
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative: Josephine Mairzadeh uses a microphone to pose a question to a virtual presentation of Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss featured in a testimonial interactive installation called "New Dimensions in Testimony" at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, in New York, September 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
January 10, 2025, 5:48 pm
Resurrection or distortion? How AI can preserve – or annihilate – Holocaust history
As UNESCO issues warning on potential for AI to change the historical record, author Todd Presner probes ethical concerns behind ongoing merging of AI tech with humanities research
By Matt Lebovic
Inset from 'Chaim Weizmann: A Biography,' published in May 2024. (courtesy)
November 27, 2024, 8:10 am
Israel’s 1st president disdained European Jews, ‘but he was ready to die for them’
Two historians co-author intimate portrait of fallible leader, born exactly 150 years ago, with new details on Chaim Weizmann’s struggles after losing his RAF pilot son in WWII
By Matt Lebovic
Israelis from Gaza-area communities welcomed in New York on Nov. 10, 2024, for 'Thanks4Giving' mega-mission of Project 24, an Israeli NGO founded in aftermath of Oct. 7 attacks (Mid Island JCC)
November 12, 2024, 9:21 pm
Seeking deeper ties, group brings Gaza-area security squads into American homes
‘Project 24’ initiative says thanks by flying 185 members of emergency teams and their families to Jewish communities in New York area and south Florida for some R&R and more
By Matt Lebovic
H. Keith Melton points to a key on an Enigma Machine with four rotors and a some Japanese characters that was used in World War II to encode messages, September 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
November 10, 2024, 8:30 am
‘Holocaust Codes’ pits British codebreaker against SS leader in battle for secrecy
Author Christian Jennings delivers jarring account of Allied codebreaker who deciphered Holocaust’s evolution from open-air massacres to purpose-built death camps
By Matt Lebovic
Russian dissident Pavel Kushnir died in a hunger strike in July 2024. (YouTube capture)
November 4, 2024, 8:14 am
Jewish pianist was first political prisoner in modern Russia to die in hunger strike
For posting anti-Putin videos on YouTube, Pavel Kushnir was imprisoned in Siberia. He died of starvation in protest of the war in Ukraine while awaiting trial; 11 people came to his funeral
By Matt Lebovic
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