The last-known Nazi concentration camp guard who “helped kill thousands” has died aged 100. Gregor Formanek, a former SS guard at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, died just before he was due to...
Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen22 hours agoDuncan KennedyBBC News at Bergen BelsenAFPThere had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had...
Once a year, we are reminded with bowed heads and solemn rituals of a horror that should have ensured, once and for all, that the Jewish people would never again walk alone into the abyss. Yom...
Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen9 hours agoDuncan KennedyBBC News at Bergen BelsenAFPThere had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had been...
On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler became head of a “National Coalition government” containing only two other Nazis,...
Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen46 minutes agoDuncan KennedyBBC News at Bergen BelsenAFPThere had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had...
The BBC licence fee is “unenforceable” and unfairly targets women, the Culture Secretary has said. Lisa Nandy, the minister who has overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the...
Pope Francis's funeral Mass details published in full5 hours agoReutersThe Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter's Square.The booklet,...
Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday (Image: Getty)The order of the service for Pope Francis's funeral has been released, hours before world leaders and pilgrims are set to honour the...
Pope Francis's funeral Mass details published in full51 minutes agoReutersThe Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter's Square.The...
Head of British Jewish body criticises members' open letter attack on Israel45 minutes agoAlys DaviesBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe president of the largest communal body of Jews in the UK has responded to...
US actress Michelle Trachtenberg died from diabetes complications56 minutes agoAna FaguyBBC News, Washington DCUS actress Michelle Trachtenberg died a natural death from complications caused by...
Members of British Jewish body condemn Israel's Gaza offensive1 hour agoAlys DaviesBBC NewsGetty ImagesDozens of members of the largest body representing Jews in the UK have condemned Israel's...
Nigel Farage hit back at a major teaching union after it branded Reform UK as "racist and far-right". A motion was passed at the annual conference of the National Education Union (NEU) saying Reform...
Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funding after university rejects demands21 minutes agoBrandon DrenonBBC News, WashingtonGetty ImagesThe Trump administration has said it is freezing more than $2bn...
Just as millions of Jews marked the start of the religious festival of Passover, rockets threatened to rain down on Israel as two missiles were fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen. According to the...
As an Israeli hostage turns 48, his wife waits for blue ticks on her messages13 hours agoPaul AdamsTel AvivFamily handoutWhen Omri Miran finally opens his WhatsApp account, he's going to receive a...
As an Israeli hostage turns 48, his wife waits for blue ticks on her messages1 hour agoPaul AdamsTel AvivFamily handoutWhen Omri Miran finally opens his WhatsApp account, he's going to receive a...
OPINIONHamas fighters (Image: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)Let us be unequivocal: the call to deproscribe Hamas is not simply misguided; it is an open invitation to normalize the very worst...