
New York: The signature under the typewritten words on yellowing sheets of nearly century-old paper is unmistakable: Adolf Hitler, with the last few scribbled letters drooping downward. The date is 1919 and, decades before the Holocaust, the 30-year-old German soldier "born in Austria" penned what are believed to be Hitler's first written comments calling for the annihilation of Jews. Written on a German army typewriter, Hitler's letter has long been...

10:45 AM, Jun 08, 2011

New Delhi: In the capital of one of the world's most religiously-diverse countries, a Rabbi who has never been ordained bends ancient customs, ensuring New Delhi's ten Jewish families a place to worship. Unlike most synagogues, there is no separation of men and women as Jewish-born worshippers, converts and followers of other faiths chant Psalms in perfect Hebrew, with doors thrown open to all. The service leader never asks attendees...

12:21 PM, May 23, 2011

London: A rare copy of Adolf Hitler's autobiography 'Mein Kampf', signed by the dictator himself, will go on sale soon -- and is expected to sell for 30,000 pounds. The first edition of the book, which the Nazi ruler wrote while he was in the Landsberg prison in Germany in 1925, would go under the hammer this month, the Daily Mail reported. The signed book is one of just 20...

12:16 PM, Apr 13, 2011

Paris: French fashion house Dior said Tuesday it had taken steps to fire star British designer John Galliano, who is accused of making repeated anti-Semitic outbursts at a bar in Paris. Christian Dior Couture said in a statement it had "decided on his (Galliano's) immediate dismissal and begun the process of retrenchment". Police in France are investigating Galliano, 50, after a couple and a woman accused him of anti-Semitic insults...

10:40 AM, Mar 02, 2011

Jerusalem: Israel's Supreme Court gave the green light on Thursday for the continued operation of gender-segregated "modesty buses" serving ultra-Orthodox Jews. But the court, ruling in response to petitions by liberal Jewish groups opposed to back-of-the-bus seating for women, said the practice was acceptable only if female passengers were not coerced into sitting separately from men. It said it saw no reason to intervene in Transport Ministry rules to that...

12:52 PM, Jan 07, 2011

In a letter by Rabbi wives, the Jewish girls have been warned of dire consequences. ...

11:01 AM, Dec 30, 2010

Tokyo: A Japanese discount chain said Tuesday it will pull a Nazi costume from its shelves after receiving a complaint from an American Jewish organization. The costume on sale at retailer Don Quijote Co. includes a black jacket with a red swastika armband in a package adorned with a sketch resembling Adolf Hitler and the phrase "Heil Hitler" in Japanese characters. The outfit was on sale for about 5,000 yen...

06:32 PM, Dec 07, 2010

A handwritten story by Franz Kafka that was never published has been found in a secret archive of the author's private papers. ...

12:32 PM, Jul 22, 2010

People are opposing the decision calling it "profoundly insensitive". ...

03:33 PM, Dec 20, 2009

Trial court heard a CD of conversations between terrorists and Israeli officials. ...

10:32 PM, Nov 03, 2009

Koogle omits religiously objectionable material when searched on. ...

12:33 AM, Jun 15, 2009

Jews had something to celebrate after the Nariman House killings in Mumbai. ...

12:09 PM, Dec 30, 2008

Polish shot putter ended any chance of US extending their Olympic dominance of the event. ...

10:38 AM, Aug 16, 2008

Nazi criminal Aribert Heim would be 94 years old if still alive. ...

02:37 PM, Jul 09, 2008

New Delhi: Australian spin legend Shane Warne pleaded for an end to the talk of Sachin Tendulkar's retirement as he joined the international chorus of appreciation for the iconic Indian cricketer who scripted history by completing a century of international tons on Friday. Apart from his close friend Warne, cricket legends such as Sir Vivian Richards, former Australian captain Ian Chappell, Ian Botham, Rahul Dravid, Kevin Pietersen and Tony Greig...

11:15 AM, May 04, 2008