World War I

Remembering the Great Jewish Historian of Ancient Greece and His Wisdom about the Present

World Wars I, II, and III.

Donald Kagan
Aug. 11 2021 12:01AM

During World War I, Germany Tried to Weaponize Radical Islam against Its Enemies

The Kaiser’s jihad.

Wolfgang Schwanitz
March 12 2021 12:01AM

The Other Hanukkah Victory That Changed Jewish History

When Allenby marched into Jerusalem.

Larry Domnitch
Dec. 14 2020 12:01AM

A Snapshot of Jewish Salonica before Its Destruction

A city where Jews were once the majority.

Sarah Abrevaya Stein
May 13 2020 12:01AM

When a German-Jewish Artist and Zionist Activist Met the Jews of Eastern Europe

Hermann Struck’s World War I.

Amit Naor
March 19 2020 12:01AM

Dvorah Drechler, the Pioneering Jewish Soldier Who Died in Battle a Century Ago

Tel Hai’s other hero.

Amit Naor
March 9 2020 12:01AM

The German Soccer Team That Owes Its Existence to Turn-of-the-20th-Century Zionist Thought

The Berlin Makkabis.

Amit Naor
Feb. 20 2020 12:01AM

How Judaism Came to the American Military

The Star of David men.

Allan Arkush
Jan. 7 2020 12:01AM

Commemorating the Australian Aborigines Who Fought to Liberate the Land of Israel from the Ottoman Empire

A daring, and successful, World War I cavalry charge.

Ofer Aderet
Oct. 2 2019 12:01AM

Lord Haw-Haw’s Lifetime of Hating the Jews, and the Jew Who Brought Him to Justice

The Briton who spent World War II broadcasting Nazi propaganda.

Robert Philpot
Aug. 28 2019 12:01AM

While Her Brother Worked to Obtain Britain’s Support for Zionism, Fanny Weizmann Spied for Germany

Doctor, Zionist pioneer, and undercover operative.

Lenny Ben-David
July 18 2019 12:01AM

For the Jews of Russia, World War I Brought Persecutions, Slaughter, and Poverty

The first great Jewish catastrophe of the 20th century.

Andrew Koss
July 8 2019 12:01AM

A German Army Seder in the Midst of World War I

Led by the future rector of Hebrew University.

Ro Oranim
April 9 2019 12:01AM

Did German Jews Help Plant the Seeds of the Second World War During the First?

An overblown conclusion.

Allan Arkush
Dec. 27 2018 12:01AM
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