History
A Jewish bridge builder’s burial, 15 years late: The strange afterlife of Lawrence Rubin
“We knew he had a place. There’s a marker there with his name and date of birth on it,” Karl Crawford, superintendent of the Greenwood Cemetery, told the JTA. “But he was not there."
Make the Holocaust Memorial Council great again: Making changes to fight antisemitism - opinion
Dive team discovers SS Nantes wreck after 140 years
Prehistoric humans may have used fire to smoke meat one million years ago, study suggests
Fisherman discovers century-old J.C. Ames tugboat wreck in Lake Michigan
Thuss, whose step-grandmother is 'Shipwreck Suzze', reported the find to the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Shavuot in 1948: Harvesting the first fruits of Israeli statehood under siege
It was the collision of Israel’s past with its present and future. The offerings may have been meager. The dairy dishes improvised. But the spirit was resolute.
Shavuot's mystical incident: Uncovering the secrets of King David’s Tomb
“We have conclusive evidence that Kings David, King Solomon, and King Hezkiyahu are all buried on Har Zion,” one rabbi told The Jerusalem Post.
Operation Benjamin: Finding lost Jewish-American war heroes and honoring their memory
An organization tracks down the Jewish heroes of World Wars I and II, and honors them with the symbol of their faith, even more than a century after they made the ultimate sacrifice.
Grapevine: True shofar blower
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Poland votes for its next president, with Polish-Jewish history on the ballot
Voters are casting their ballots in the decisive runoff between Rafał Trzaskowski, the liberal-centrist mayor of Warsaw, and Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing historian rewriting Holocaust history.
New doc tells story of Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel
An Elie Wiesel documentary presents a compelling portrait of a Holocaust survivor who bore witness.
This week in Jewish history: Shavuot, and the Six Day War
A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
Scientists date 20,000-year-old whale bone tools as earliest in Human history
The scientists analyzed nearly two hundred bone tools found in sites around the Bay of Biscay.
A little-known Jewish tragedy is told in new film
A new docu-drama focuses on the 2,000 Jewish children who were seized by order of King Joao II of Portugal in 1493.
Lessons of the Six Day War - opinion
There is no Jewish future in a world where we must rely on the benevolence of non-Jews to guarantee our survival.
