Brookfield, 98, and a longtime resident of Whittier, was born in Chemnitz, Germany, the only child of Willy and Dora ...

Even 125 years after his birth, Japanese diplomat Chiuna Sugihara, who saved thousands of people during the Holocaust, is far ...

The shipload of refugees was welcomed by ... Recounting the Shanghai Jewish Story” that made a stop at the Holocaust Museum LA. An online overview of the exhibit is available at ...

The North Bund, a "new urban magnetic pole," is set to become a leading area for both Shanghai and the global community ...

Long before the United States entered the Second World War in December 1941, American aid workers were fanning out across ...

Last week, JTA reported that the neighborhood in Shanghai that was home to approximately 20,000 Jewish refugees during World War II may be added to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

“We’re not getting any useful guidance from the government right now,” said Mark Hetfield, president of HIAS, the Jewish refugee resettlement agency. Most of the organization’s budget is f ...