In 1939, sickening accounts of impending genocide appeared on the same pages as cruise and resort promos

Albert Sabin may be less famous than Jonas Salk, but he probably shouldn’t be

New US secretary of state’s immigrant ancestor was a trailblazing Yiddishist, as well as a carpenter and masseuse

The renowned Kabbalah scholar’s brother chose a very different path, at one point leading the German Communist Party

Century-old message from Dr. Sun Yat-sen found at the National Library of Israel now online

New research suggests that Alfonso de Zamora may have remained true to his faith

During the Nazi occupation, Muslims aided efforts to hide the origins of the local Jews, preventing the extinction of a community

In 1945 he left the infamous camp on a death march; 40 years later he came back – and left – a free man

David Friedmann’s daughter traveled the globe searching for his famous drawings, lost for decades

1871 article: “Hardly anybody knows that war affects the weather strongly and causes heavy rain falls, strong winds, thunder and lightning.”