The Russian leader is trying to alter history by sidelining his predecessor’s antisemitism
This week in 1961, the Israeli ambassador to the UN condemned apartheid — and set in train a series of realignments
British Jews had only a partial idea of what was coming
Hope’s book is less than systematic in presenting the Stasi’s escape from justice
80 years ago, the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union — with the aim of destroying as many Jews as possible in the process
It is a tinderbox waiitng to be ignited
President Biden has become the first president to use the word — but it is to some Israeli leaders’ shame that they have not
Colin Shindler examines Bevan's support for Israel
The Eichmann trial began sixty years ago. Colin Shindler looks at the reaction
Eighty years ago the outlook for Palestine, and so for Jews in the Middle East, was bleak with invasion seemingly inevitable, writes Colin Shindler
Airey Neave’s voice deserves to be heard across the years, writes Colin Shindler
Emil Draitser's memoir provides a rare, vivid insight into the lives of ordinary Jews in the Soviet Union.
Jews face another dilemma during the country's latest political crisis
The storming of the Capitol Building reminds Colin Shindler of a protest outside the Knesset in 1952
By persecuting its Jews, the USSR further isolated itself and galvanised those seeking to escape to Israel
A memoir by the late Polish-born writer Julius Margolin, now published in English for the first time, details how he survived
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