For a decade or so on either side of World War II, Shahn’s achievements made him an art star, earning him a major show at the ...

Holding two Ph.D.s, Mengele’s promising career as a scientist became his grotesque researches into twins and eye color.

Against the background of war in Gaza, Israelis face questions about their state’s identity and future.

In the late 1870s, banker and art collector William Corcoran commissioned larger-than-life Carrara marble sculptures of some ...

Polish-American lawyer Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term "genocide," wrote a text titled Soviet Genocide in Ukraine ...

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people.

These are powerful moments of pride and joy that illustrate how an ancient custom was revived and brought to life in the ...

In the early 20th century, universities used ... pretend they were taller, and have photos taken that downplayed stereotypically “Jewish” facial features. Finally, higher education ...

Archaeologists uncovered murals of Joseph and Jesus in a newly found 6th-century building, revealing deep spiritual roots in ...

The “Shoes on the Danube Promenade,” pictured here, is a memorial to the Hungarian Jews who, in the winter of 1944-1945, were ...

Retired medical artist Richard Neave worked alongside Israeli archeologists to reconstruct what Jesus might have looked like ...