Exchanging love letters in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen
A new opera, ‘Steal a Pencil for Me,’ sets to music an unexpected Holocaust love story
View ArticleDutch rabbi upset over royal event scheduled for Yom Kippur
Queen Beatrix, who officially retires on Tuesday, will be nationally feted on Sept. 14
View ArticleAs queen abdicates, Israelis like the Dutch very much
Beatrix steps down Tuesday; Netherlands’ ambassador in Tel Aviv says he hopes new monarchs will visit Israel soon
View ArticleThe Netherlands crowns new king
Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand becomes the first Dutch king in more than 100 years, and Europe’s youngest monarch
View ArticleDutch royals want to discuss, not change, event scheduled for Yom Kippur
Farewell party for abdicating Queen Beatrix is scheduled to coincide with High Holiday, to the dismay of Holland’s Jews
View ArticleNew Dutch monarch visits Amsterdam Jewish community
King Willem-Alexander, 46, tours the offices of the Jewish leadership while wearing a yarmulke
View ArticleDutch royals nix plans for party on Yom Kippur
Queen Beatrix reschedules event after death of her son; chief rabbi had called choice of previous date ‘painful’
View ArticleObama, world leaders to attend Peres’s funeral in Jerusalem
German, Canadian, French and Australian heads of state, along with Britain's Prince Charles, also set to fly to Israel for Friday event; late president's body to lie in state at the Knesset Thursday
View ArticleObama, Hollande, Prince Charles among dozens of world leaders to honor Peres...
Presidents of France, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Poland confirm their attendance at Friday funeral for 9th president
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