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Farewell to whistleblowing mensch Daniel Ellsberg

Tributes idolise the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers - but attitudes now towards national security are radically different from those in 1971

By Dominic Green

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St.Gallen's Raiffeisen Square to be renamed A committee has called for the name of Raiffeisen Square to be changed to "Recha-Sternbuch-Platz". The founder of the Raiffeisen movement had been anti-Semitic. A striking feature is the "city lounge" with its surface of red rubber granulate, designed by the artist Pipilotti Rist and the architect Carlos Martinez. Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen had been celebrated by Nazis on the 50th anniversary of his death. Not only bank buildings stand on the "Red Square", but also the St. Gallen Synagogue. The signatories of the letter include former St. Gallen Councillor of States Paul Rechsteiner, historians Hans Fässler and Stefan Keller, and Pipilotti Rist. It is now time to rename the square, they said in St. Gallen on Thursday, 25 May 2023.

Antisemitism

Swiss city under pressure to change name of square honouring Jew hater

By Rob Hyde

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Programme Name: Story of the Jews - TX: n/a - Episode: n/a (No. 3) - Embargoed for publication until: n/a - Picture Shows: Berlin Holocaust Memorial Simon Schama - (C) Oxford Film and Television - Photographer: Tim Kirby

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Closure of London's Jewish Museum ‘leaves Jews at risk of being stereotyped’

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Books

Simon Schama: The forgotten Jewish hero who developed immunisation

By Simon Rocker

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Antisemitism

New 'Forgotten Exodus' project to shine a light on Jews expelled from 1960s Poland

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Armed Palestinian Hamas militants, holding up Islamic and Palestinian national flags, demonstrate in the former Jewish settlement of Dugit in the northern Gaza Strip 13 September 2005, one day after Israeli troops made their final exit from the territory, occupied since 1967. Palestinians were in control of the Gaza Strip for the first time in their history but deadly scenes of chaos and jubilation ensued after Israel closed the door on its four-decade occupation. AFP PHOTO/THOMAS COEX (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

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Revealed: Expert shares how Jihadists get the West to tell their story

By Zoe Strimpel

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Books

The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to Covid-19

By Robert Low

3 min read

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Obituary: Edgar Samuel

Visually creative historian who transformed the Jewish Museum

By JC Reporter

2 min read

March 16, 2023 12:57

Word up! The language quiz that has set celebrity tongues wagging

New game created by a Jewish designer taps into two very haimishe passions... and already has some famous fans

By Jenni Frazer

2 min read

March 9, 2023 16:04

Word up! The language quiz that has set celebrity tongues wagging

BBC series tells the story of Tyneside’s Holocaust refugee house for girls

In a story never told before: Up to two dozen Jewish girls were supported by Tyneside's Jewish community in the lead-up to the outbreak of the Second World War

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

February 17, 2023 15:48

BBC series tells the story of Tyneside’s Holocaust refugee house for girls

Ninth century Hebrew bible to be auctioned

Codex Sassoon valued at $30 to $50 million

By JC Reporter

1 min read

February 15, 2023 18:32

Ninth century Hebrew bible to be auctioned

Decorated 'resistance fighter’ exposed as concentration camp guard

Historian digs up truth about Irmgard Kroymann, who claimed she was held at Gross-Rosen camp but had actually volunteered to work there

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

February 9, 2023 13:42

Decorated 'resistance fighter’ exposed as concentration camp guard

By RT Howard

Disturbing parallels between Kristallnacht and Putin’s style

Just as British diplomats realised what they were dealing with in 1938, so Russia’s behaviour in Ukraine should be a warning

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February 3, 2023 15:34

Disturbing parallels between Kristallnacht and Putin’s style

DNA test company donates 2500 kits to help Shoah survivors track down family

The project is aiming to unite relatives torn apart by the Holocaust

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

February 1, 2023 17:52

HAIFA, PALESTINE - JULY 15, 1945: The British ship Mataroa arrives with 1,204 Jewish survivors of the Nazi persecution in Europe on July 15, 1945 at the northern port of Haifa in what was the British Mandate for Palestine. (Photo by Zoltan Kluger/GPO via Getty Images)

Never-before-seen photos of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising found in loft

The pictures were taken secretly by a Polish firefighter in 1943 as he protected Warsaw from the ghetto flames

By Tash Mosheim

2 min read

January 17, 2023 12:51

Never-before-seen photos of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising found in loft

4000-year-old ostrich eggs discovered in Negev Desert

Ostriches were common in the region until the 19th century and their eggs had diverse uses

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

January 13, 2023 16:54

4000-year-old ostrich eggs discovered in Negev Desert

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Farewell to whistleblowing mensch Daniel Ellsberg

Swiss city under pressure to change name of square honouring Jew hater

Closure of London's Jewish Museum ‘leaves Jews at risk of being stereotyped’

Simon Schama: The forgotten Jewish hero who developed immunisation

New 'Forgotten Exodus' project to shine a light on Jews expelled from 1960s Poland

Revealed: Expert shares how Jihadists get the West to tell their story

The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to Covid-19

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