Dreyfus trial

A century since Dreyfus's wrongful conviction, a family member is promoted in the IDF

With this promotion, Uriel has reached the same rank his forefather had achieved in his lifetime, over a century after he was wrongfully convicted of treason and used as an antisemitic scapegoat. 

Judea and Samaria military court judge Uriel Dreyfus
Supporting a ‘Free Palestine’ as part of a ‘Stop Bombing Iran’ protest following the US attack on Iranian nuclear sites, near the US Embassy in London, June 23, 2025.

From Der Judenstaat to modern Israel: Herzl’s vision in today’s world - opinion

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during the a campaign kickoff rally earlier this month.

Yes, they really asked Josh Shapiro if he’s an Israeli spy - comment

US President Donald Trump meets with Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman, November 18, 2025.

US-Saudi F35 sale, Dreyfus posthumously promoted - November 19, 2025


The intricacies of antisemitism in 19th-century France and today

‘An Officer and a Spy’ tells a gripping tale of 19th-century espionage

With Jean Dujardin and  Louis Garrel. 123 minutes Hebrew title: ‘Ketzin ve’meragel’ In French, check with theaters for subtitle information

Roman Polanski takes on the Dreyfus Affair

Now 86 and still as sharp as ever, Polanski was born to a Jewish father who survived concentration camps and a partly Jewish mother murdered at Auschwitz.

Dreyfus, painted by Jean Baptiste Guth  for Vanity Fair, 1899

Sex offender Roman Polanski compares his legal ordeal to Dreyfus affair

“Most of the people who harass me do not know me and know nothing about the case.”

Film director Roman Polanski, Madeleine Church for 'popular tribute' to late French singer and actor Johnny Hallyday in Paris, 2017.

Roman Polanski making film on Dreyfus Affair

The convicted child rapist is expected to begin shooting the movie later this year.

Film director Roman Polanski, Madeleine Church for 'popular tribute' to late French singer and actor Johnny Hallyday in Paris, 2017.

Like the Dreyfus Affair: An innocent Jew released from prison in Ukraine

"They accused him because he was a Jew," Logvinskyi said. "He didn't do anything wrong."

People hold a march against antisemitism and nazism near a monument commemorating the victims of Babyn Yar (Babiy Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, in Kiev, Ukraine April 13, 2018

Netanyahu at the Grand Palais: Much to celebrate!

Connecting French and Jewish history with current French-Jewish relations, Netanyahu stressed the values both people share.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Paris Grand Palais

Theater review: 'Herzl Said'

By Ro’i Hen, Artistic direction by Yevgeny Arye, Gesher Theater, October 15

GESHER THEATER’S ‘Herzl Said.’

The Dreyfus Affair revisited

Some 40 broadsides, posters and videos documenting the drama are now on display at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center.

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild depicted as an octopus (a symbol of greed and power) with an eye-patch giving the appearance of a pirate mask.

The Dreyfus exhibit

Over a century later, the Dreyfus affair continues to hold lessons about justice, racism, human rights and the role of the media.

Yaël Perl-Ruiz, Alfred Dreyfus' great grand-daughter

Naming members of the tribe

The Dreyfus exhibition at Beit Hatfutsot will focus on anti-Semitism in France then and now, and on famous French Jews.

Michal Zmora-Cohn