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Shira Li Bartov

Shira Li Bartov

Shira Li Bartov is a JTA contributor covering culture and global news. She was previously a staff writer at Newsweek and a producer at Inside Edition.

Participants in the Miszpucha Foundation trip for Polish Jewish emigrants and their descendants have lunch at the Jewish Community Center in Warsaw, Poland. (Adam de Kaminski)
Posted inWorld

13,000 Jews were driven out of Poland in 1968. Now, some are returning to tell their story.

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

(JTA) — In March 1968, Rachelle Halpern walked into her university in Szczecin, Poland, and found a group of her classmates gathered around a newspaper. She asked what they were […]

Dory Manor (left) and Moshe Sakal
Posted inBooks

A new Hebrew press in Berlin argues that Israel doesn’t own the language

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov May 5, 2026May 5, 2026
Friedrich Torberg
Posted inBooks

A lost novel from 1943 predicted the Holocaust. Now, it has been recovered.

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov April 3, 2026April 3, 2026
Pro-Palestine protest
Posted inWorld

How Germany’s unusual approach to fighting antisemitism is ensnaring Jews who are critical of Israel

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov March 5, 2026March 5, 2026
Ceremonial finials
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Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by the Nazis

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov March 4, 2026March 4, 2026
Jonathan Dekel-Chen
Posted inEducation

Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov January 28, 2026January 28, 2026
Witold Wrzosinski
Posted inWorld

Warsaw Jewish cemetery director fired amid clash over who controls the preservation of Poland’s Jewish past

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov December 22, 2025December 22, 2025
Auschwitz I concentration camp
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German auction house calls off ‘shameless’ sale of concentration camp artifacts

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov November 21, 2025November 21, 2025
Gal Gadot
Posted inIsrael

Gal Gadot wins Genesis Prize for her ‘defense of Israel’ as Gaza war divides Hollywood

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov November 11, 2025November 11, 2025
Deborah Turness
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BBC execs resign amid scandal over Trump interview edit and Gaza war coverage

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

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