Jewish ancestry

From ‘80s to today, Israeli ‘family’ revels in close ties

A group of new immigrants to Israel, brought together by a shared army program, has stayed close for decades even with some members no longer in the country.

Seeking Kin

Kalb’s list: Piecing together a Holocaust rescue operation

A Boston doctor finds a list showing that his father had saved about 150 fellow Polish Jews in the Holocaust. The real number may be much higher.

Seeking Kin

For Haifa woman, a needle-in-a-haystack search

Miriam Grab has almost nothing to go on in her search for relatives from her father’s Czech family wiped out in the Holocaust – not even names.

Seeking Kin

For the Frishmans, there was no place like Home

Seeking Kin

Echoes of prodigy’s music strike a chord with family

Seeking Kin

Unraveling the mystery of a watery headstone

Seeking Kin

For two families, Hanukkah drawings keep ties burning

Seeking Kin

A woman’s plea: Where are my birth parents?

Global

Greek politician: Golden Dawn would send my family to crematoria

Global

Documentary: Hitler’s wife, Eva Braun, may have had Jewish ancestry

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