Jewish History

(JNS.org) The Spanish government has taken another step in approving legislation aimed at granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews who were expelled nearly 500 years ago during the Spanish Inquisition. Spain’s Council of Ministers approved the draft legislation on Friday, June 6, which set forth the criteria for citizenship, the Spanish daily El Pais reported. The […]

ROME (WJC) — Returning to Rome from his visit to the Holy Land, Pope Francis told reporters that he won’t allow the beatification of his wartime predecessor Pius XII, who stands accused of not speaking out enough against the Holocaust. Francis told reporters on the plane that without a confirmed miracle on his record, the

BERLIN (eturbonews.com) — Since its opening nine years ago, 44 of the 2,711 columns in the €27-million Berlin landmark have needed steel reinforcement, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that another 380 steel collars have been ordered to keep the landmark safe for visitors. More than 80 percent of the 2,711 concrete blocks in Berlin’s Memorial

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Local Jewish veterans of the Soviet Red Army, representatives of the Israeli government, and Jewish community dignitaries convened at the United Nations on Wednesday, May 21, to usher in a new Jewish holiday celebrating the rescue of European Jewry in 1945. Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron Prosor; Deputy Minister of Internal

LONDON (WJC) — Sir Nicholas Winton, a Briton who at the outbreak of World War II organized mass evacuations of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and saved them from being deported to the death camps, has turned 105. Czech President Milos Zeman announced that he would award Winton with the highest Czech state decoration. Zeman said