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Yaakov Schwartz

Yaakov Schwartz

Yaakov Schwartz is The Times of Israel's deputy Jewish World editor
Roof tile fragments discovered at the Givati Parking Lot Excavation. (Photo by Eliyahu Yannai, City of David National Park)
December 7, 2023, 1:13 am
Gimme shelter: Ceramic roof tiles cast light on Greek presence in Hanukkah-era Jerusalem
Adding context to the Maccabean Revolt, City of David excavations turn up the earliest evidence of such tiles in the Land of Israel, which will be on display to the public Dec. 11
By Yaakov Schwartz
Hasidic Jews pray near the gravesite of 'Wonder Rabbi' Yeshaya Steiner in Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary, April 24, 2023. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
May 7, 2023, 1:38 am
‘Wonder Rabbi’ pilgrimage brings feuds, fraud and huge potential for Hungary’s Jews
As some 150,000 Orthodox Jews flock annually to Yeshaya Steiner’s grave in Bodrogkeresztur, the village’s future is at risk even as Budapest seeks to become a top Jewish center
By Yaakov Schwartz
A Holocaust survivor lights one of six torches representing the six million victims of the Nazi genocide, during the opening ceremony, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, of Israel's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 17, 2023. (Eric Marmor/Flash90)
April 17, 2023, 4:10 pm
These 6 survivors are lighting memorial torches at Yad Vashem’s Yom HaShoah ceremony
When Israel marks the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the president and PM will address the nation and these Holocaust survivors will honor the 6 million Jews killed by Nazis
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative: A Haredi man looks at his mobile phone in Jerusalem, Israel (svarshik/iStock by Getty Images)
March 6, 2023, 6:11 pm
Tradition meets technology with UK app for halachic questions
Those in need of advice on Jewish law can anonymously text a panel of rabbinic experts and receive an answer in hours with ShailaText, which just hit 10,000 users
By Yaakov Schwartz
Holocaust survivor and TikTok influencer Gidon Lev in his hotel room in Prague, January 2023. (Courtesy)
March 3, 2023, 5:59 am
A Holocaust survivor fought antisemitism on TikTok and now he’s a social media star
Gidon Lev and life partner Julie Gray go online to promote their memoir on Gidon’s life after growing up in the Theresienstadt ghetto, and suddenly find themselves educating youth
By Yaakov Schwartz
Dr. Charles Silverstein, therapist and LGBTQ rights activist, died on January 30 at the age of 87. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
February 7, 2023, 7:47 pm
Charles Silverstein, who helped delist homosexuality as mental illness, dies at 87
The Jewish American therapist, author and activist was best known for role in securing the landmark DSM reclassification in 1973 and for his canonical book ‘The Joy of Gay Sex’
By Yaakov Schwartz
A genealogy testing kit for Ancestry/DNA is displayed in the Ackman and Ziff Family Genealogy Institute research area at the Center for Jewish History (CJH), November 29, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
January 31, 2023, 10:21 pm
Ancestry.com donates 2,500 DNA kits to help Holocaust survivors find relatives
World’s largest genealogy company gives tests to the newly launched DNA Reunion Project, a Center for Jewish History initiative seeking to unite families shattered by the genocide
By Yaakov Schwartz
Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev holds his mother's yellow star at the former Theresienstadt ghetto-concentration camp, pictured on January 24, 2023. (Courtesy European Jewish Association)
January 27, 2023, 6:45 am
At concentration camp once used for Nazi propaganda, European Jews fight ‘fake news’
Ahead of the January 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an EJA delegation gathers at Theresienstadt to honor the victims and stop the spread of antisemitic misinformation
By Yaakov Schwartz
Pavlina Sulcova holds a copy of 'Are We There Yet Moses' outside her office at the Prague Creative Center, October 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
January 21, 2023, 3:27 am
Directing a virtual JCC, one woman is making Jewish Prague the envy of its neighbors
When COVID scuttled director Pavlina Sulcova’s plans to open a new community space, a pivot to fun educational content paid off big time. She just released her 2nd children’s book
By Yaakov Schwartz
Deli authority Sy Ginsberg at the Stage Deli in West Bloomfield, Michigan, September 13, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
December 3, 2022, 4:22 am
Deli tycoon Sy Ginsberg talks nosh-talgia, dishes on future of Jewish-style eateries
After starting at Detroit’s iconic Lou’s in 1960 at the age of 15, the Motown restaurateur’s eponymous brand now distributes over 150,000 pounds of meat a week nationwide
By Yaakov Schwartz
From left: Gyulane Farkas, Istvan Feher, Aron Feher and David Feher at Giero Pub, Budapest, May 16, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/Times of Israel)
July 21, 2022, 3:57 am
In Budapest, an underground ‘Gypsy music’ pub plays on Jewish heartstrings
One of the Hungarian capital’s best-kept open secrets is Giero Pub, a small but charming basement venue with top-notch music – and a tragic family history marred by the Holocaust
By Yaakov Schwartz
US special envoy to monitor and combat antsemitism Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the New Tools in Combating Contemporary Antisemitism forum at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, July 5, 2022. (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
July 5, 2022, 6:57 pm
Antisemitism envoy Lipstadt sees Jew-hatred declining in Mideast, rising in US
At a Jerusalem forum following her landmark trip to Saudi Arabia, Lipstadt says changes are afoot in the region; ADL CEO Greenblatt reports record numbers of incidents stateside
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative: Jews from Hungary arriving at Auschwitz in May of 1944, part of 'The Auschwitz Album' series of photographs. Most of these Jews were murdered later that day. (public domain)
June 26, 2022, 3:38 pm
Google engineer identifies anonymous faces in WWII photos with AI facial recognition
While visiting the POLIN museum in 2016, Daniel Patt realized he could be walking by his own relatives without knowing it, so he designed a platform ‘From Numbers to Names’
By Yaakov Schwartz
This is an October 10, 1978 photo of Nobel-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer at home in his Miami Beach apartment. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
June 9, 2022, 4:18 am
Long-dead author Isaac Bashevis Singer wanted you to see these unearthed essays
‘Old Truths and New Cliches’ is made up almost entirely of works previously unpublished in English, handpicked by the Nobel laureate and edited by scholar David Stromberg
By Yaakov Schwartz
Holocaust survivors take part in The March of the Living in honour of the victims of the Holocaust, at the site of the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, on April 28, 2022. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)
April 28, 2022, 9:52 pm
After 2-year pandemic hiatus, thousands take part in Auschwitz March of the Living
Eight survivors lead 2,500 participants, with some believing this year could be last time they will be able to attend event; first official delegation from UAE also joins in
By Yaakov Schwartz and ToI Staff
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