For the German town of Torgau, the 1945 meeting of American and Russian troops at the Elbe River at the end of World War II ...

The Nazis did not start World War II with a plan to eliminate the Jews. This solution evolved—especially from 1939 to 1941—as they tried different techniques to accomplish their goals.

The colonies were overwhelmingly Christian, with Jews representing just one out of every 1,000 colonists and 0.1 percent of the population. When Congress issued the call for prayer and fasting ...

Jewish organizations are trying to help with all kinds of ... Over three years, the conflict — Europe’s deadliest since World War II — has wreaked destruction on a scale that’s almost unimaginable.

They were among the estimated 25,000 to 30,000 who survived the Holocaust out of a total pre-World War II Jewish population of 140,000 to 150,000. Lost City tells the story of the trams that were ...

Amid the war with Russia, tens of thousands of Jews in Ukraine celebrated Passover Seder. Chabad emissaries and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine held public Seders in 45 cities ...