World war ii

America’s ‘luck’ is running out: The lost industrial engine that powered US greatness - opinion

America’s rise was driven by production and innovation, and its decline may begin with its loss.

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech during a joint press conference with France's President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, March 13, 2026.

Poland strips Zelensky of country's highest honor over WW2 dispute

“Renaissance of Evil masterfully blends history, art, and fiction into an engaging and enlightening story.”

Unearth World War II art history through people's eye

Daniel Voloshchuk's handmade Russian project won first-place in the My Family Story competition, exploring the gaps in many Jewish family histories.

Students from 31 countries explore their Jewish roots in ANU competition


Coming together again: What D-day teaches about Israel, Iran, and unity - opinion

The alliance that won World War II stands divided as Iran emerges as a modern challenge.

D-Day: marking 82 years.

The Jewish Brigade fought fascism in Italy. Now its flags spark protests - opinion

The Jewish Brigade has become a screen onto which other conflicts are projected: Zionism and anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Israel and Palestine, the meaning of antifascism, and more.

A contingent remembering the Jewish Brigade, which fought in World War II, marches during Italy's 80th Liberation Day commemoration in Milan, Italy, on April 25, 2025. The next year, pro-Palestinian activists forced Jewish groups out of the Liberation Day procession.

For the first time in decades, Israel is imposing its will on Hamas - opinion

A weakened Hamas, expanding Israeli control, and regional backing are reshaping Gaza’s future.

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Star of David band, siddur found under attic floorboards in building from Bedzin's Jewish Ghetto

“Someone had prepared a special place for [the siddur] in the attic,” the foundation explained. “Behind a separately partitioned space. Under a constructed hatch. Alone. Without other objects."

Siddur from 1934, found hidden under the floorboards of an attic in what used to be Bedzin's Jewish Ghetto, May 27, 2026.

‘Copenhagen’ in Jerusalem revisits the Nazi-era meeting that shaped the nuclear age

Copenhagen in Jerusalem’s Khan Theatre probes truth, memory, and nuclear ethics through the enigmatic 1941 meeting of Bohr and Heisenberg.

The Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen was founded in 1921 as the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen by Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr.

Jewish communities worldwide mark Liberation and Rescue Day amid rising antisemitism

Jewish communities worldwide mark Liberation and Rescue Day under the theme “From generation to generation in the face of antisemitism,” with Holocaust survivors, leaders, and diplomats attending.

Russia’s Jewish community marks 81 years since Nazi Germany’s surrender in World War II, May 2026.

Collection of documents of Ustasha Atrocities presented at the Begin Center - opinion

Despite the fact that plaques mark the names of central death camps and murder sites in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the general public is unfamiliar with others targeted in the Holocaust

The presentation at the Begin Center was attended by researchers and representatives from multiple universities, embassies, and members of the Serbian community in Israel.

Nazi-looted painting found in home of Dutch SS collaborator's descendants

Portrait of a Young Girl, by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, was in the collection of Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker before it was taken when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands.

Portrait of a Young Girl by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, hanging in the home of Dutch SS collaborator Hendrik Seyffardt’s descendants.

On this day: Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina by Mossad

Eichmann was hanged at midnight on June 1, 1962; he was the only person in Israel’s history to be executed by the state.

 Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.

Agents of chaos are reshaping a world beyond post–World War II norms - opinion

Agents of chaos should be the ones who are given no quarter by the public whenever the opportunity arises.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gestures on the day the Supreme Court hears a petition seeking to force the prime minister to oust him, in Jerusalem.