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Detail from a newspaper illustration of Nathaniel Isaacs's colony in Matakong. (Courtesy of Adam Rovner)
April 26, 2025, 8:26 am
How a 19th-century British Jew became a Zulu chieftain and slaveholding warlord
In new book ‘The Jew Who Would Be King,’ historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived a shipwreck and went on to a life of wealth, adventure and corruption
By Rich Tenorio
This undated file image posted on a militant website on, January 14, 2014, shows fighters from the al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) marching in Syria. (AP)
December 11, 2024, 6:36 pm
Dutch woman gets 10 years in prison for enslaving Yazidi after joining ISIS in Syria
Hasna A. traveled to Syria in 2015 and married Islamic State fighter, made Yazidi woman do household chores and take care of son, was arrested upon repatriation in 2022
By AFP
Illustrative: Workers put up a commemorative plaque outside barracks formerly used to house forced laborers now turned into a memorial and museum documenting Nazi Germany´s widespread use of forced labor in Berlin´s Schoeneweide district 24 August 2006. (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP)
August 15, 2024, 3:28 pm
German biscuit giant apologizes for larger-than-known Nazi-era slave labor force
Bahlsen heiress had sparked controversy for saying firm treated captives as well as Germans; 800 people were forced to make rations for German troops, 3 to 4 times previous estimate
By AFP
Author Rachel Beanland and the cover of her 2023 novel "The House Is On Fire." (Courtesy of the author)
September 6, 2023, 3:57 pm
Florida JCC censured after nixing book talk on slavery due to ‘political climate’
Head of West Palm Beach community center apologizes to Rachel Beanland over move after complaints from book council, amid efforts by governor to clamp down on teaching about racism
By Andrew Lapin
People take a knee as an organizer reads a prayer to the crowd of several hundred gathered during a Proud Boys rally at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon on September 26, 2020 (Maranie R. STAAB / AFP)
May 21, 2023, 8:50 pm
A scholar sees a common root for antisemitism and racism: ‘Christian supremacy’
Polish-born academic Magda Teter’s new book, ‘Christian Supremacy,’ traces how a history of exclusion and dominance trickles down from Paul the Apostle to today’s Proud Boys
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Illustrative -- Morris Griffin holds up a sign during a meeting by the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans in Oakland, California, December 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
December 22, 2022, 10:54 am
Reconstructionist Judaism issues ‘moral position’ on African American reparations
Resolution doesn’t mention financial compensation for those harmed by slavery and the lasting effects of racial injustice
By Dave Schechter
Clint Smith is the author of December’s cover story in the Atlantic, 'Monuments to the Unthinkable,' exploring how Germany — and by extension, the United States — accounts for the crimes of its past. (Courtesy the Atlantic via JTA)
December 3, 2022, 9:13 am
A Black writer explores how Germany remembers its ‘unthinkable’ past
Poet and journalist Clint Smith pens an insightful analysis on seeing Germany’s commemoration of the Holocaust firsthand and how it impacts his conception of US penance for slavery
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Josh Mandel (left), a Republican running for the US Senate, debates Morgan Harper (right), a Democrat, at the City of God church in Cleveland, on February 21, 2022. (Morgan Harper campaign/YouTube via JTA)
February 23, 2022, 8:35 am
Jewish Senate hopeful cites slavery after Israel query in debate with Black opponent
Far-right Republican and Trump backer Josh Mandel gives bizarre answer also encompassing Martin Luther King Jr. when asked about Iran threat in debate with Morgan Harper
By Ron Kampeas
Monticello exterior (Courtesy of PerlePress Productions)
February 17, 2022, 1:56 am
The lost story of how a Jewish family saved Thomas Jefferson’s famous home – twice
New documentary film ‘The Levys of Monticello’ shows how uncle and nephew fought antisemitism to rescue Monticello from ruin and preserve it for future generations to enjoy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, then the director of the Presbyterian Church Office of Public Witness, at a prayer service outside the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill, on October 8, 2013. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)
January 21, 2022, 9:44 pm
Top Presbyterian official slammed for equating Israeli occupation with slavery
Jewish groups criticize Rev. J. Herbert Nelson for MLK Day comments that also said American Jews have the influence to get US government to end it
By Ron Kampeas
A security personnel stands in front of the French far-right Front National (FN) headquarters in Nanterre on February 20, 2017, during a search of the party's offices, as part of a case of misusing public funds. (AFP Photo/Christophe Simon)
July 5, 2021, 10:11 pm
French prosecutors probe ‘slavery’ claims against Saudi prince
Inquiry opened after 7 women file complaints accusing royal of abuse spanning years in both Saudi Arabia and France
By AFP
Illustrative: Demonstrators take part in a protest against prostitution outside the Gogo strip club in Tel Aviv on December 22, 2016. (Flash90)
July 2, 2021, 2:32 pm
Israel downgraded in State Department human trafficking report
US criticizes Jewish state for fewer investigations and prosecutions in trafficking cases in 2020 compared to 2019
By Amy Spiro
Sergio Berrenstein stands next to the statue of Elieser at the entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, the Netherlands, November 20, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz/ JTA)
February 6, 2021, 3:28 pm
Slave’s 400-year-old grave in Dutch Jewish cemetery now a Black pilgrimage site
Set between his former master and a wealthy community leader, the marker simply designated ‘Elieser’ holds a very different meaning for Jews and descendants from Dutch colonies
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Britain's Secretary of State for Housing Robert Jenrick arrives for a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, October 16, 2019. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
October 15, 2020, 9:15 am
British politician gets death threats over support for London Holocaust memorial
Robert Jenrick, married to a Jewish woman born in Israel, receives threats his home will be burned down and his family killed
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Samuel L. Jackson taking part in a Benga initiation ceremony, Gabon. (AP Slave Ships Productions Ltd./Cornelia Street’s Ships Ltd.)
October 9, 2020, 10:40 pm
Samuel L. Jackson joins Israeli filmmaker in docuseries on global slave trade
In ‘Enslaved,’ now streaming in the US and from October 11 in the UK, director Simcha Jacobovici gathers an all-star team to delve into the roots of an unmemorialized genocide
By Jordan Hoffman
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