A 1947 photograph shows a ship full of Jewish refugees attempting to enter a port in Palestine holding a banner reading, "The Germans destroyed our families & homes — Don't you destroy our hopes." ...

More than 80 years after Jewish refugees fled to Shanghai during World War II, an exhibition in New York City shines a light on their experiences, which, experts and advocates say, carries profound ...

On the eve of International Museums Day, the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum reiterated the city’s historical role in providing sanctuary to Jews during World War II. At a meeting Wednesday, the museum ...

Jewish Social Services of Madison has weathered nearly five decades of community service, but recent federal funding cuts to ...

A dozen elderly Ukrainian Jewish people gathered around a table in Warsaw, enjoying biscuits and tea. A few men sported azure kippahs on their grey hair. The regular attendees of a weekly "Let's Talk" ...

They sailed into Shanghai in July 1939 during the worst of the summer heat, finding a patchwork city of 4 million people throbbing with rickshaws, beggars, opium dens and malaria. For Gerd "Jerry" ...

Youssef, a Syrian refugee now living in Stockholm, is in the unique position of having a job where he helps other refugees. He works at a Swedish recruitment agency, Randstad, guiding refugees through ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two members of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia are headed to Ukraine this weekend. The organization's CEO, Michael Balaban, is one of those flying to assist Jewish ...

On the morning of D Day, German Jewish refugees serving in Britain’s elite X Troop landed among the very first assault waves in Normandy. Riding bicycles under machine gun fire, they rushed bunkers ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Visitors to a Lower Manhattan office building renamed to reflect a lucky number in Chinese tradition can, for the next few weeks, get a firsthand look at how China was once a ...

The United States would recognize Nov. 30 as “Jewish Refugee Day” under a bipartisan resolution sponsored by two Jewish members of Congress. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida Democrat, and Texas ...