The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/matt-lebovic/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:03:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Matt Lebovic | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/matt-lebovic/ 32 32 New Treblinka research uncovers forgotten role of women in 1943 death camp revolt https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-treblinka-research-uncovers-forgotten-role-of-women-in-1943-death-camp-revolt/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:06:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3826175 Apart from two female survivors, all testimony about Treblinka came from male inmates. In a new book, historian Chad S.A. Gibbs restores Jewish women's overlooked place in camp resistance

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]]> How the sewers under Nazi-occupied Ukraine gave rise to unexpected Holocaust heroes https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-the-sewers-under-nazi-occupied-ukraine-gave-rise-to-unexpected-holocaust-heroes/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:58:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3763380 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

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]]> Sex, Nazism and rock ‘n’ roll: Why rockers love to goose step in the gaslights https://www.timesofisrael.com/sex-nazism-and-rock-n-roll-why-rockers-love-to-goose-step-in-the-gaslights/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:29:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3759752 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

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]]> Auschwitz launches a virtual film set of its grounds, and sparks an ethical debate https://www.timesofisrael.com/auschwitz-launches-a-virtual-film-set-of-its-grounds-and-sparks-an-ethical-debate/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:29:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3620463 '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

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]]> German pastor discovers his grandfather was Holocaust architect Heinrich Himmler https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-pastor-discovers-his-grandfather-was-holocaust-architect-heinrich-himmler/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 05:17:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3685858 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

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]]> UK historian defies experts, discovers unknown Kindertransport records deep in Yad Vashem https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-historian-defies-experts-discovers-unknown-kindertransport-records-deep-in-yad-vashem/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 04:49:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3601730 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

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]]> ‘For Dummies’-style manual aims to equip college-bound Jews for campus life https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-dummies-style-manual-aims-to-equip-college-bound-jews-for-campus-life/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 23:14:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3540905 '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

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]]> ‘Go-to’ anatomy atlas featuring corpses of Nazi victims revamped by UCLA cardiologist https://www.timesofisrael.com/go-to-anatomy-atlas-featuring-corpses-of-nazi-victims-revamped-by-ucla-cardiologist/ Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:25:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3470852 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

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]]> Argentine president opening files on Nazi ‘ratlines’ that trafficked Eichmann, Mengele https://www.timesofisrael.com/argentine-president-opening-files-on-nazi-ratlines-that-trafficked-eichmann-mengele/ Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:50:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3487385 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

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]]> A decade ago, 300 survivors marked their liberation at Auschwitz. This year, 50 will go https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-decade-ago-300-survivors-marked-their-liberation-at-auschwitz-this-year-50-will-go/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:46:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3462310 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

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]]> 80 Auschwitz survivors film life lessons to mark 80 years since liberation https://www.timesofisrael.com/80-auschwitz-survivors-film-life-lessons-to-mark-80-years-since-liberation/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 03:00:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3456564 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'

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]]> Resurrection or distortion? How AI can preserve – or annihilate – Holocaust history https://www.timesofisrael.com/resurrection-or-distortion-how-ai-can-preserve-or-annihilate-holocaust-history/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:48:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3424747 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

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]]> Israel’s 1st president disdained European Jews, ‘but he was ready to die for them’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-1st-president-disdained-european-jews-but-he-was-ready-to-die-for-them/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 06:10:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3326985 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

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]]> Seeking deeper ties, group brings Gaza-area security squads into American homes https://www.timesofisrael.com/seeking-deeper-ties-group-brings-gaza-area-security-squads-into-american-homes/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:21:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3416720 '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

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]]> ‘Holocaust Codes’ pits British codebreaker against SS leader in battle for secrecy https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-codes-pits-british-codebreaker-against-ss-leader-in-battle-for-secrecy/ Sun, 10 Nov 2024 06:30:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3353647 Author Christian Jennings delivers jarring account of Allied codebreaker who deciphered Holocaust's evolution from open-air massacres to purpose-built death camps

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