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Inside the Tuam Dig: Archaeologists battle time to identify babies buried under St. Mary's

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:35:00 GMT

The two-year forensic dig, led by an 18-member international team, will probe the disused septic tank where the Bon Secours order is believed to have buried the children between 1925 and 1961.

This week in Jewish history: Moses breaks the Tablets

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 08:06:29 GMT

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

The New Zealand-Zionist connection: How one family helped shape Israel’s birth

BY ALAN ROSENBAUM — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 01:53:41 GMT

Yitzhak Treister's great-uncle helped nudge New Zealand toward the ‘yes’ that changed history.

Staro Sajmiste: Belgrade's fairground of death for the Balkans' Jews

BY ALEX WINSTON — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 09:41:55 GMT

From formidable fairground to a camp of death, the dark history of the Nazi camp within Belgrade’s borders

This week in Jewish history: Yoni and Entebbe raid, Law of Return passed

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 09:40:24 GMT

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

Purdue University launches expedition to locate Amelia Earhart's plane on remote Pacific island

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 17:50:00 GMT

Expedition sets to investigate mysterious 'Taraia Object' on Nikumaroro Island in search for Earhart's plane.

On this day: the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in northern Iraq

BY BLAIR PENN — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 16:12:12 GMT

On June 29, 2014, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the establishment of the Islamic State caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Following this, ISIS launched a major offensive in northern Iraq and Syria.

This week in Jewish history: Happy birthday to Mel Brooks, Franz Kafka

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 09:07:29 GMT

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

From Chanel to exile: the rise and fall of Iran’s last empress

BY WALLA! — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:10:06 GMT

Farah Diba's iconic fashion sense tried to stitch together Iran’s imperial past with a modern future. After the revolution, her memory still lingers as a symbol of what their country could have been.

On this Day: Wagner Group’s Forces Shake Putin’s Russia

BY BLAIR PENN — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:12:49 GMT

On June 24, 2023, the Wagner Group, a once-loyal private military, turned its weapons inward and marched toward Moscow in an open challenge to the Kremlin.

This week in Jewish history: Altalena, sin of the spies, Jews expelled from France

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:47:23 GMT

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

This week in Jewish history: Haganah formed in Israel, Google acquires Waze

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:04:08 GMT

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

Ireland begins excavation at Catholic mother-and-baby home to uncover remains of 796 children

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:45:00 GMT

Historian Catherine Corless uncovered 796 death certificates but no burial records for the children who died at the institution.

Hidden coin hoard stashed in numismatist's walls sells for $3.8 million

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:20:00 GMT

The collection was auctioned for approximately 3.8 million dollars, far exceeding pre-auction estimates.

A Jewish bridge builder’s burial, 15 years late: The strange afterlife of Lawrence Rubin

BY ANDREW LAPIN — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:43:52 GMT

“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."

This week in Jewish history: Anne Frank’s first diary entry, Israel bombs Iraqi nuke reactor

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 08:12:17 GMT

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

Handwritten 15th-century psalter by Brigittine nuns set for auction

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:15:00 GMT

The psalm collection was handwritten and decorated by the nuns of the Brigittine convent Mariënwater in the Netherlands.

This week in Jewish history: Shavuot, and the Six Day War

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 31 May 2025 01:52:03 GMT

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

Underwater drones uncover secrets of sunken USS F-1 in deep-sea expedition

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Tue, 27 May 2025 10:55:00 GMT

WHOI's photogrammetric technologies transformed thousands of photographs into an accurate 3D model of the wreck.

On This Day: Operation Solomon’s record-breaking flight and humanitarian triumph

BY JOANIE MARGULIES — Sun, 25 May 2025 20:20:05 GMT

Ethiopian Jews who escaped remember being woken up by their parents in the middle of the night and being told to pack very few items.

Napoleon's saber sells for 4.66 million euros at auction

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 25 May 2025 11:15:00 GMT

Commissioned in 1803, the saber was crafted by nicolas-noël boutet and symbolizes his rise to power.

This week in Jewish History: Eli Cohen hanged in Syria, Bob Dylan's birthday

BY STEVEN DRUCKER — Sat, 24 May 2025 11:49:25 GMT

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

Lincoln's blood-stained gloves sell for $1.52 million at auction to pay off foundation's debt

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Fri, 23 May 2025 08:31:26 GMT

Foundation auctioned less than 10% of its Lincoln collection to repay a longstanding $8 million loan.

40 years later: New digs aim to find missing victims of French serial killer

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 GMT

The new excavations come less than six months after unsuccessful searches to find traces of possible new victims of Louis and are expected to last several weeks.

New study: China's 'Star Manual of Master Shi' is the world's oldest star map

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 19 May 2025 14:10:00 GMT

It predates the star map created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus by more than 200 years.

Smithsonian returns 2,300-year-old Zidanku Silk Manuscripts to China

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 19 May 2025 13:15:00 GMT

Wuxing Ling consists of lunar month illustrations paired with explanatory texts, recording seasonal taboos and auspicious practices throughout the year.

IDF identifies burial site of soldier missing since 1949

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Fri, 16 May 2025 14:25:00 GMT

After a five-year investigation, authorities determined that Gassner was buried in a mass grave in Rehovot alongside two fellow soldiers.

Hohenzollern art dispute settled. German museums to retain works

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Tue, 13 May 2025 23:05:00 GMT

Cultural State Minister Wolfram Weimer announced in Berlin that the more than ten-year asset dispute has been resolved, bringing nearly 100 years of uncertainty to an end.

Massive cache of Nazi docuemnts found in basement of Argentine Supreme Court

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 12 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT

The boxes are believed to have arrived in Argentina on June 20, 1941, sent by the German embassy in Tokyo aboard the Japanese steamship Nan-a-Maru.

Daniel Fernández Strauch, survivor of the 1972 Andes plane crash, dies at 79

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 12 May 2025 08:48:33 GMT

Fellow survivor Zerbino said, 'In the mountains, he was a bulwark. A great friend, always positive.'