Funeral heartache after Chile tragedy

The funeral of a victim of the Chile boating tragedy was postponed at the last minute when family members discovered the wrong body about to be buried...

Holocaust victims discovered at Brest excavation site

World Jewish Congress have praised Belarussian authorities for ensuring 1,000 Jewish Holocaust victims discovered at an excavation site in Brest have received a dignified burial. WJC President Ronald S. Lauder attended...

90 year old ex-Kindertransport architect plans charity Skydive

Eli Abt, a recently retired Chartered architect and planning consultant, is due to undertake a 13,000 foot Tandem skydive with an instructor on Sunday 25 August. He...

WJC slam Swedish Centre Party over circumcision ban

World Jewish Congress has backed the Jewish Central Council of Sweden’s stance on condemning a decision by the Center Party Conference to progress a...

Starling Holocaust ignorance in NZ poll

Seventy percent of New Zealanders had “little” or “no knowledge” of the Holocaust according to a new poll. Holocaust Memorial Trust of Auckland carried out...

Bibi joins Arab nations at Middle East conference in Poland

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined senior officials from 60 nations at the Peace and Security in the Middle East Summit in Warsaw, Poland yesterday. Organisers of the two-day conference welcomed ministers Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordan, Yemen,...

Global events mark Anne Frank’s 90th birthday

Global events marked what would have been Anne Frank’s 90th birthday yesterday. The Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most significant works of the 20th...

Hero Lori saved lives in Chabad Pesach shooting

Lori Kaye’s heroism saved many lives when a gunman walked into Chabad of Poway Synagogue outside San Diego and opened fire with an AR-type assault weapon during services on the last day...

Mystery surrounds trafficking of Nazi gold?

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is studying information that Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro maintained his regime by selling 73.3 tons of gold, valued at $3...

Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz officially visited Switzerland this week

Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz officially visited Switzerland this week to try resolve legislation enabling Israeli officials to avoid arrest over alleged war crimes when...

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