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Aftermath of the Babi Yar ravine massacre in Kiev, Ukraine, during which 33,000 Jews were murdered between Sept. 29-30, 1941. (public domain)
April 11, 2018, 3:40 am
In eastern Europe, when Nazis killed Jews, a ‘carnival atmosphere’ prevailed
In a new, second book about ‘Holocaust by bullets,’ Father Patrick Desbois depicts in grim detail local bystanders' culpability while Nazis implemented the Final Solution
By Matt Lebovic
One of numerous photographs taken following the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. Here, a Jewish family stands outside of their ransacked home (public domain)
April 9, 2018, 5:05 am
How a small pogrom in Russia changed the course of history
Until the Holocaust, the Kishinev pogrom of 1903 was the archetype for anti-Jewish persecution, according to a new book about the massacre's long afterlife
By Matt Lebovic
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, center, and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades shake hands during their meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, on June 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
April 4, 2018, 4:00 pm
Netanyahu talks with Greek, Cypriot leaders about natural gas supply to Europe
Regional allies discuss proposed pipeline that could feed 20 billion cubic meters to growing European market
By Stuart Winer and AP
US President Donald Trump (right) alongside his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner during a meeting at the White House, February 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)
March 1, 2018, 6:03 pm
European countries said to demand changes to US peace plan
At Palestinians' request, countries trying to persuade Trump administration to include recognition of East Jerusalem as capital
By Michael Bachner
Conceptualization of the Holocaust and human rights museum under construction in Dallas, Texas, set to open in 2019, created by Berenbaum Jacobs Associates (courtesy)
February 26, 2018, 10:03 pm
New Holocaust museums draw connections to local history to inspire ‘upstanders’
From Skokie to Skopje, newly designed memorials encourage visitors to 'participate in repair' -- by looking within themselves
By Matt Lebovic
Screenshots from YouTube videos related to the Holocaust history dispute between Israel and Poland. At left, a video from the Polish government's #GermanDeathCamps campaign. At right, a video produced by the Israeli group 'J-nerations,' February 2018.
February 23, 2018, 9:24 am
Poland-Israel Holocaust dispute hits the court of viral YouTube videos
Amid the diplomatic feud over Poland's new 'anti-defamation' law, Jewish activists push back on the Polish government for 'white-washing' anti-Semitism
By Matt Lebovic
People watch ceremonies marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, January 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
January 26, 2018, 2:14 pm
The inevitable politicization of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Since 2005, the UN has commemorated the genocide of European Jewry every year on January 27. This weekend's observance is galvanizing activists from South Carolina to Vienna
By Matt Lebovic
Iranian anti-riot police officers confronting people during an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. (AP)
January 3, 2018, 8:14 pm
Iran says it detained European spy leading protests
Head of justice department in western city of Boroujerd claims suspect, who allegedly led rioters, received training by foreign spy agencies
By AP
Bronzell Fowler with his Trump dune buggy, Cross City, Florida. Voted Donald Trump. Shot February 3rd, 2017. (Naomi Harris)
December 26, 2017, 8:21 pm
On the road, Jewish photographer points lens at society’s unseen corners
Canadian-born Naomi Harris finds success by capturing lesser-known, bizarre subcultures around the world
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A man with his face covered as thousands gather for the annual nationalist march of Poland´s Independency Day in Warsaw, Poland on November 11, 2017. (Lorena de la Cuesta/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images via JTA)
December 23, 2017, 5:29 pm
2017 was a good year for Europe’s political extremists
Far-right parties in Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and France enjoyed substantial gains, bringing anti-Islam and anti-Semitism to forefront of national debates
By Cnaan Liphshiz
George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, arrives for a meeting in Brussels, April 27, 2017. (AFP/Pool/Olivier Hoslet)
December 2, 2017, 11:39 am
Soros rebukes ‘bad’ Hungary PM Orban for creating ‘mafia regime’
Prime minister has accused Jewish billionaire, who once gave him a student grant, of orchestrating mass Muslim migration into Europe
By AFP
Tzipi Livni meets with PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki in London, Thursday, June 12, 2014 (photo credit: courtesy)
November 25, 2017, 4:13 am
Europe-funded group boasts to donors about obtaining UK arrest warrant for Livni
Ramallah-based Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat highlights the legal troubles its 'partners' gave former Israeli FM
By JTA
Migrants from a sinking inflatable dinghy try to board a Libyan coast guard ship during a rescue operation at sea in international waters off the coast of Libya on November 6, 2017. (Lisa Hoffmann/Sea-Watch via AP)
November 13, 2017, 8:47 pm
A list of heartbreak: Newspaper tallies 33,293 dead migrants
Causes of death detailed by German daily since 1993 include drowning, suicide and being forced by neo-Nazis to jump off a tower
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Illustrative: A view of a new shelter installed over the old sarcophagus housing the destroyed reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
November 10, 2017, 4:50 pm
Russia named as likely source of Europe radioactivity spike
Nuclear safety agency says release of isotope Ruthenium-106 poses no risk, likely came from between the Volga River and Ural Mountains; Russia denies it
By Angela Charlton
The former Nazi death camp Sobibor, in eastern Poland, where more than 200,000 Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. A long-anticipated museum and visitor center is under construction, September 30, 2017 (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
October 17, 2017, 11:49 am
At former Nazi death camp Sobibor, a post-Holocaust construction boom
After decades of obscurity, a one-time Nazi-built extermination center is being transformed to commemorate Jewish victims and attract more visitors
By Matt Lebovic
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