(Vol. 70, No. 2, Rosh Hashanah 2015) Editor’s Note: This year, the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II is, in all likelihood, the last significant milestone in which those who took part in the war will still be with us to tell

(Author: Gwynne Schrire, Vol 74, #3, Chanukah 2019)   “No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories,” wrote bestselling Japanese writer and Jerusalem Prize winner Haruki Murakami. However, the same does not hold true of one’s

(Author: David Saks. Vol. 74, #2, Rosh Hashanah, 2019)    To mark the centenary of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Jewish Affairs devoted its Spring 1999 issue to examining the Jewish role in the conflict. The issue quickly became one of the most popular ever brought

(Author: Richard Mendelsohn, Vol 74, #2, Rosh Hashanah, 2019)   2019 marks the 120th anniversary of the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). While it was by no means a ‘Jewish War’, despite the accusations of some hostile English commentators like JAHobson, there was nevertheless