Ofer Aderet, Haaretz.com

Ofer Aderet

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Deal Reached With Israeli Gov't to Protect National Library's Independence

The National Library of Israel said it welcomed the agreement and 'believes this agreement will bolster the understanding that the library is a national and cultural heritage asset for both Israel and the Jewish people' → Read More

Hebrew University Historian of Contemporary Judeo-Christian Relations Among Dan David Prize Winners

Dr. Karma Ben Johanan, who studies contemporary theology and Judeo-Christian relations at the Department of Comparative Religion at Hebrew University, won the prize alongside eight other researchers from around the world → Read More

Israeli Robot Helps Repair Pompeii's Shattered Beauty

Artificial intelligence will aid the robot in its attempts to put together frescoes that were shattered when Mount Vesuvius erupted → Read More

Former Polish President Lech Walesa: ‘Fight, Don’t Let Them Destroy Israeli Democracy’

The Nobel Prize laureate spearheaded the fight against the Polish communist authorities 40 years ago. He warns Israelis about mistakes that undermined democratic government in his country → Read More

‘Jews Helped the Germans Out of Revenge or Greed’: New Research Documents How Wikipedia Distorts the Holocaust

Historians have found that the English-language version of the online encyclopedia often quotes dubious sources that serve a false narrative, which glorifies the help Poles gave to Jews during the Shoah and minimizes their part in their extermination → Read More

When Peres Worried: 'Don’t Want to Be Arafat's Victim'

Recently released documents reveal tensions and mistrust behind the scenes of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in 1993, which were supposed to end the conflict → Read More

Hitler Youth Member Solomon Perel, Who Became a Nazi to Survive, Dies at 97

‘I hadn’t pretended to be a Hitler Youth, but instead had become a Hitler Youth to the extent that I wanted a German victory,’ the German-born Holocaust survivor recounted → Read More

Remains of Medieval, Pre-expulsion Synagogue Found in Spain

'This is an opportunity for us to rediscover our history,' says mayor of Andalusian city where the synagogue, used about 530 years ago, was uncovered → Read More

'Arab Villages, Jewish Colonies': What Albert Einstein Saw in Palestine 100 Years Ago

During his only visit to the Holy Land, the father of relativity admitted he had trouble speaking Hebrew and asserted he would never make aliyah. Tel Aviv turned Einstein on, but Jerusalem underwhelmed him → Read More

'Arab Villages, Jewish Colonies': What Albert Einstein Saw in Palestine 100 Years Ago

Rainy, gloomy weather greeted Albert Einstein on his only trip to the Holy Land 100 years ago, in early February 1923. “Arab villages, Jewish colonies, olive trees, cacti, and orange trees” were the first sights to catch his eye, as he noted in his journal, in German. → Read More

Shevah Weiss, Former Knesset Speaker and Israel's Ambassador to Poland, Dies at 87

Weiss, a holocaust survivor, became a symbol of reconciliation between Jews and Poles. 'I created an atmosphere in which it's shameful to be antisemitic in Poland,' he said → Read More

These Anonymous Antisemitic Postcards Saved the Life of a German Jew

Tens of antisemitic postcards sent to businessman Yakov Feibelman changed the course of his life. They are now displayed at a new exhibition, exposing the hatred toward Jews leading up to the Holocaust → Read More

These Anonymous Antisemitic Postcards Saved the Life of a German Jew

Tens of antisemitic postcards sent to businessman Yakov Feibelman changed the course of his life. They are now displayed at a new exhibition, exposing the hatred toward Jews leading up to the Holocaust → Read More

Two 3,800-year-old Cuneiform Tablets Found in Iraq Give First Glimpse of Hebrew Precursor

The ancient tablets, uncovered 30 years ago during the Gulf War and forgotten until now, offer a first glimpse of the Amorite language that Hebrew developed from → Read More

Never-before-seen Photographs of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Emerge

The family of a Polish firefighter who secretly photographed the streets of the ghetto in the wake of the revolt unearthed the photos 80 years after the uprising → Read More

Hundreds of Items Hidden by Jews at Start of WWII Uncovered in Lodz

Polish construction workers found hundreds of Jewish-owned items beneath a building on a major street, including Judaica and other treasures → Read More

Her Name Was Luka: Identity of a Leader of the Sobibor Uprising Is Revealed

A ragged and stained shirt is the only item left that belonged to “Luka,” who 80 years ago escaped from Sobibor, a Nazi killing ground for Jews. Luka gave the shirt to the head of the uprising, Alexander Pechersky, telling this former accountant from Ukraine: “Wear it during the escape, it will bring you luck.” Not long after, all traces of Luka were lost. → Read More

Her Name Was Luka: Identity of a Leader of the Sobibor Uprising Is Revealed

A Dutch Ph.D. student believes that Liselotte Karoline Rosenstiel, a young German Jew, was the mysterious lover of the revolt's commander → Read More

75 Years After Its Creation, Israel Still Debates Who Is a Jew

Israel's incoming government plans to create a new 'Jewish identity' authority, but the state hasn't yet succeeded in reaching a consensus on the question of 'Who is a Jew' → Read More

Netanyahu Told Jordan Peterson Arabs Expelled Jews From the Land of Israel – Historians Say He Is Distorting Facts

In 2015 Netanyahu corrected himself after falsely claiming Hitler decided to exterminate the Jews only after he met with the former mufti Hajj Amin al-Husseini during World War II → Read More