75 years of investing in Israel: The man behind the concept
Henry Morgenthau Jr., U.S. Treasury Secretary during World War II, was instrumental in developing the framework of Israel Bonds.
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On this day: Bodies of Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrah found in West Bank
A historical overview of gambling in the Middle East
On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers
November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.
Hitler claimed Jesus was German and royals were ‘Jews’ in a forgotten interview - study
The book, 'Hitler’s Interviews: The Dictator and the Journalists' by media historian Lutz Hachmeister, is the first comprehensive account of Hitler’s dealings with reporters.
Remains of Jewish chocolate factory destroyed in WWII found in Warsaw
Meir Bulka, a researcher of Jewish heritage in Poland, called the discovery “a time capsule".
Napoleon brooch captured at Waterloo leads Sotheby's Geneva auction
The circular jewel with a 13.04-carat diamond and nearly 100 stones was given to King Frederick William III of Prussia in 1815 and is surpassing its €130–220k estimate in online bids.
Germany plans 9 Nov nationwide commemorations for republic, Kristallnacht & Berlin Wall fall
Federal president Steinmeier will deliver a keynote speech on current dangers to democracy on 9 November, reflecting on the date's historical significance.
On this day: 87 years since Kristallnacht, the catalyst of the Holocaust
During the Nazi state-sanctioned pogrom, 91 Jews were murdered, and more than 1,400 synagogues across Germany and Austria were torched.
