Jewish History

PALERMO, Italy (Press Release) – More than 500 years after the Jews were expelled from Sicily, the nascent Jewish community of Palermo will celebrate its rebirth this week with the formal transfer of ownership of a facility owned by the church and monastery of St. Nicolo Tolentino, which sits atop the ruins of the Great Synagogue

Buenos Aires (dpa) – An Argentine court on Thursday reopened a case against former president Christina Fernandez de Kirchner that was filed by a prosecutor four days before he was found dead in suspicious circumstances in January 2015. The Federal Criminal Court of Cassations ruled that the case filed by Alberto Nisman, which alleged that

Guatemala’s civil war ended 20 years ago, on Dec. 29, 1996. The conflict between rebel groups and state security forces lasted nearly four decades and took an estimated 200,000 lives — the great majority of them indigenous Mayans. It was especially hard on Mayan women, who lost loved ones, suffered sexual abuse and other atrocities,

After students photographed wearing swastikas, Cheng Hsiao-ming says he’ll leave post early, devote career to educating about important historical events By Stuart Winer High school students in Taiwan dressed as Nazi soldiers during a celebration on December 24, 2016. Pictures from the event were posted online by Facebook user Pixar Lu. (Facebook) The principal of