October 3, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on October 3, 2012

Israel steps up recognition of Jewish refugees

Published on September 5, 2012

Naim Reuven was only 8 when he left Baghdad more than 50 years ago, but he still remembers going with his father to catch fish in the Tigris River.

The other refugees

By David Suissa
Published on April 24, 2008

Is there a more loaded word in the Arab-Israeli conflict than "refugee"

Briefs: U.S. House recognizes Jewish refugees from Arab lands,  Woody Allen sues American Apparel

Published on April 3, 2008

News briefs.

The ‘Boys’ at the Front

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 30, 2004

Angress was one of "The Ritchie Boys," a special Army unit made up mainly of young Jewish refugees from Germany, whose World War II exploits have been recorded for the first time in a documentary by German filmmaker Christian Bauer.

The German-Canadian co-production is one of 12 documentaries still in competition for Academy Award honors.

A Miracle Behind Bars

By Harry Langsam
Published on December 5, 2002

Dark clouds covered the European skies, threatening the children of Israel in the fall of 1939. The Nazis had tightened their grip over Eastern Europe and, as it often happens, nature acted with unfriendliness toward the oppressed. A cold winter came upon us -- the refugees -- after the traumatic and dreadful fall, when the German occupation began.

Safe and Sound ‘Haven’

By Tom Tugend
Published on November 8, 2001

In the middle of 1944, nearly 1,000 Jewish refugees were plucked from war-torn Europe and transported to the United States, where they spent the next 18 months interned at a former Army post in Oswego, N.Y.