Cuba

Iranian feminists understood the revolution better than Europe’s intellectuals - opinion

While Foucault praised Iran’s 1979 revolution as spiritual, Iranian women warned it would mean coercion, veiling, and the erasure of their rights.

Demonstrators gather outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 11, 2026
HESSY TAFT poses holding a photograph of herself taken in 1935 by well-known German photographer Hans Ballin during an interview with Reuters July 9, 2014.

Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91

A 3D printed miniature of US President Donald Trump and Cuban flag are seen in this illustration taken January 9, 2026.

Trump says no more Venezuelan oil or money to go to Cuba, pushes for deal

Jonathan Mayora collects items from his damaged family home, after the US launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela January 4, 2026.

Venezuelan Interior Minister: One hundred people killed in US operation to capture Maduro


The Protection of Latin America

The Jerusalem Post

Trump to clamp down on Cuba travel, trade, curbing Obama's detente

The changes – though far-reaching – appear to be less sweeping than many US pro-engagement advocates had feared.

PEOPLE ARE transported to greet the caravan carrying the ashes of Fidel Castro in Colon, Cuba, on Wednesday.

So close and yet so far: The Jews of Cuba

Cuban Jews face challenges with hope.

PEOPLE STAND on balconies on Paseo del Prado street in Havana, Cuba.

Books: Running from the past

Leonardo Padura pens a tale of Cuban Jewry, hidden lives and struggles with identity in a sweeping new novel.

The streets of Cuba

Photo essay: Is Cuba changing?

Change in Cuba? Possibly, but remember, a lot has happened in almost 60 years.

Is Cuba changing?

One Israeli killed and eight injured in car accident in Cuba

According to Israel Radio, the injured, all in their 60s, suffered from minor to moderate injuries. One went though surgery overnight.

Havana, Cuba

Entering a new era of tourism in Cuba

Today, vacationers are pouring in, but Cuba sorely lacks the basic tourist infrastructure.

THE FORTRESS erected by the Spanish to protect Havana from attack

The Castros, communism and kashrut: A slow resurgence for Cuba's Jews

Cuba also is becoming a more popular destination among young Israelis traveling after their army service.

Men pray in the Ashkenazi Templo Beth Shalom in Havana

Netanyahu, like Castro, will never change

The world had changed, but Castro was living in his own history – and so was Cuba.

Benjamin Netanyahu

La mort de Fidel Castro : jusqu’à la victoire, finalement

Le soutien historique du Líder Máximo à certaines causes, notamment celle des Palestiniens, lui offre aujourd’hui une sorte de victoire posthume

Fidel Castro signe le registre de condoléances de Yasser Arafat