Pupil outcome: I can explain why the story of Esther is important for Jews. Key learning points: - The Jewish festival of Purim remembers Esther, queen of Persia, who was secretly Jewish. - Haman, the king's chief minister, hated Jews...

Derek Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History. He is the director of undergraduate studies within the department and directs Harvard’s Center for Jewish Studies. Penslar is a resident faculty member at the...

Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who wrote a diary about her life in hiding from the Nazis during World War II. Her powerful story reflects resilience, hope, and the tragic impact of the Holocaust.

Find out all about the Hundred Years War and the very long rivalry between England and France.

Find out all about the conflicts between England, Scotland, France, and the years leading up to the Hundred Years War.

What causes antisemitism? Mr. Beat takes a deep dive to answer this question.

Mehdi Hasan speaks against the motion 'Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism'.

Dr. Einaf Wilf speaks in support of the motion 'Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism'. This clip is taken from an Intelligence Squared debate which took place in Lo...

This video provides a comprehensive overview of the causes and events of World War Two, highlighting the rise of fascist regimes, the atrocities committed by the Nazis, and the eventual Allied victory. It emphasizes the importance of...

The African Union has condemned what it called the “heinous terrorist attack” targeting the Jewish community in Australia.

Prime Minister Mark Carney attended a menorah lighting in Ottawa on Sunday to mark the beginning of Hanukkah, speaking in English and French as he paid tribute to the 'resilience of the Jewish people' and expressed solidarity with the...

Rabbi Benjamin Elton, whose Sydney synagogue is near the site of the Bondi Beach attack, says the mass shooting comes amid an 'antisemitic onslaught' over the past two years. He says governments in Australia of all levels must step up to...

Pool clip with leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch at a Jewish primary school in North West London.



Mrs Badenoch reiterated her call for Jess Phillips to quit as safeguarding minister as she denied engaging in political...

Leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch visits a Jewish primary school in North West London on Thursday.



The Tory leader sat in on a Jewish Studies class with pupils and participated in a round-table discussion centred on...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speak at the Community Security Trust (CST) in north London a week after the terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester.

“I think we should all be worried about divisions in our society”, the Church of Scotland’s next moderator has warned.



Speaking to the PA news agency on the day he was named moderator-designate of the Kirk’s General...

Conservative shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly used his party conference speech to hit out at Reform describing the party as a 'keyboard warrior'.



Sir James criticised the approach of Nigel Farage's party saying...

The US State Department says this is mostly for overstays or breaking the law with a small minority because of 'support for terrorism'.

The lawsuit states that the Trump administration has demanded Harvard implement “merit-based” admissions and hiring practices. (Scripps News)

When 17-year-old Siegmund Listwa was liberated from a Nazi death march by U.S. forces in 1945, he made his way to Prague to catch a train back to his native Poland.



When he...

Ephraim Mirvis warns of 'poison' in main opposition party as UK prepares for general election.

French authorities have opened an investigation on Saturday (March 2), into the vandalisation of a memorial stone marking the site of Strasbourg's Old Synagogue, which was destroyed by the Nazis during World War...

France's president Emmanuel Macron has condemned anti-Semitic abuse hurled at an eminent French philosopher in Paris. 



A small group of "yellow vest" ("gilets jaunes") demonstrators accosted...

A group of France’s “gilet jaune” (yellow vest) protesters hurled anti-Semitic abuse at Jewish philosopher Alain Finkielkraut over the weekend.



The incident in Paris comes as other European countries struggle...