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Donna Swarthout

Sep 30, 2026, 4:41 PM

Who Will Light the Menorah at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate this Year?

Anyone without the experience of an American Jew living in Berlin would be convinced of a new reality. The Left (Die Linke) party has won the September 20th Berlin state election and will now bring its antisemitic views and...

Michael Saenger

Sep 29, 2026, 5:10 AM

Antisemitism and Literary Joy

This paper was adapted from a talk given at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism If we follow Maslow’s hierarchy of needs literally, there would be nothing more useless than a conversation about poetry. Jews are currently...

Sep 27, 2026, 4:50 AM

The Europe Behind Lisbon’s Two Doors

The year 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of Portugal’s membership in the European Union (EU). The country joined what was then the European Communities (EC) on January 1, 1986, consolidating its transition from dictatorship to democracy. Four decades later,...

Sep 24, 2026, 7:14 PM

A Jewish Journey Through Scandinavia Reveals Three Wartime Responses

Three Countries, Three Wartime Stories: What Scandinavia Reveals About the Holocaust There are journeys that take you from one destination to another—and there are journeys that change the way you understand history. My recent Jewish heritage press trip with Jewish Copenhagen...

Sep 22, 2026, 1:40 AM

A Jewish Life Saved in 1941, Today We Remember

“A man named Filip came to my grandfather…he’d used the words ‘in good faith’ or ‘në besë (besa),’ which is important to us Albanians,” says 58-year-old Naim Behluli. We’re sitting in one of Prishtinë’s bustling cafes, and although Kosovo is...

Sep 19, 2026, 1:36 AM

Legacy of Albanian Besë During the Holocaust

More than 5,000 miles away in Kosovo, 57-year-old Skender Bunjaku appears on my Zoom screen. Much later, I’ll learn that he’s been a member of the Kosovo Police for the past 26 years. He’d enlisted immediately after what he...

Sep 16, 2026, 5:00 AM

Sighişoara: A Romanian Jewish Community Waiting to be Remembered

Mere minutes from Vlad Draculea’s Transylvania birthplace, there is a modest little synagogue with its own history of good, evil, and renewal. No Jews are left to pray at, and maintain, what was once the vibrant center of Jewish life...

Sep 10, 2026, 4:51 AM

Throwing Stones from a Glass House: The West’s Double Standard on Israel

This week, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced that Britain would ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, joining France and Canada in taking action. The governments cited international law and settlement expansion, but also what they...

Sep 6, 2026, 9:37 AM

The Judenplatz: Vienna Waits for You

There is a Vienna seen and celebrated, where tourists line up for a sense of majesty and the nostalgia of empire. They pass through the splendid halls of Schönbrunn Palace, beneath the chandeliers of the Opera House, and through...

Eliyahu V. Sapir

Sep 5, 2026, 5:42 PM

The face and the voice

TL;DR: Europe knows what to do with a Jewish face in a photograph: name it, mourn it, preserve it, learn from it. A Jewish voice is harder. It can disagree with the lesson, demand protection in the present, and...

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