KIRSTEN GRIESHABER / The Associated PressJan 29, 2019
A burgeoning crisis has prompted the descendants of Holocaust survivors to re-examine their beliefs about their families' country of origin. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJan 18, 2019
University of Michigan professor and author Juan Cole explores our biggest misconceptions about the world's second-largest religion. (Pictured: author Sam Harris.) Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigDec 24, 2018
Take a moment this holiday season to spare a thought for the countless victims the U.S. and its allies have uprooted, killed and maimed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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MARYCLAIRE DALE, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALLEN G. BREED / The Associated PressOct 29, 2018
Barry Werber, 76, recalls how he and others concealed themselves in a supply closet to escape alleged gunman Robert Bowers' deadly wrath. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
MARC LEVY and MARK GILLISPIE / The Associated PressOct 27, 2018
The gunman, who is in custody, is believed to have posted anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
ILAN BEN ZION / The Associated PressJul 19, 2018
The legislation defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people. Critics warn that it sidelines minorities. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
HILLEL ITALIE / The Associated PressMay 23, 2018
The prize-winning novelist and narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of "Portnoy's Complaint" to the elegiac lyricism of "American Pastoral," passes away. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Paul Von Blum / TruthdigFeb 16, 2018
The story of Jewish resistance to the large numbers of Nazis and fascists in Los Angeles during the 1930s and early ’40s is a reminder to remain vigilant. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
VANESSA GERA and MATTHEW LEE / The Associated PressJan 27, 2018
Even as political and Jewish leaders mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, ultranationalism and extreme right-wing groups are gaining strength in Europe and beyond. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Ilan Ben Zion / The Associated PressDec 23, 2017
A growing cohort of Jewish groups are running afoul of the law by performing weddings without the Israeli Chief Rabbinate's sanction. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff and Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 22, 2017
Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews Steven J. Ross, whose new book follows a small group that fought Nazi efforts in America in the 1930s and ’40s. [Transcript added.] Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )
Matthew Lee and Josef Federman / The Associated PressDec 5, 2017
Recognizing the city—which is holy to Muslims as well as Christians and Jews—as Israel's capital would upend decades of U.S. policy and risk potentially violent protests. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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