Romania

Israeli deputy PM calls on Romania to move embassy to Jerusalem

Levin thanked Romania's parliament for condemning Hamas after October 7 and said Israel is fighting to defend democratic values, women's rights, and freedom.

ISRAEL'S JUSTICE Minister Yariv Levin addresses a joint session of Romania's Chamber of Deputies and Senate in Bucharest on May 13, 2026.
Autonomous Guard's Skylock counter-drone solution

Israeli counter-drone tech used in NATO drill close to Ukrainian border

Tomb stones of Jewish soldiers fallen during the WWI on the side of the Romanian Army, witness the once large Jewish comunity of Iasi, on February 2, 2024 at the Jewish Cemetary in Iasi, eastern Romania.

Gravestones toppled in Romanian Jewish cemetery where Gantz's family is buried

Elbit System's Watchkeeper X drones, April 6, 2026.

Elbit Systems set to start delivery of drones to Romania after delays, threats of cancellation


Ancient coin reveals unknown Roman Emperor from cut off frontier land

Archaeological studies suggest that the Romanian region was cut off from the rest of the empire around AD 260, only being evacuated between AD 271 and 275.

 Coin of the ‘emperor’ Sponsian

Michael Shafir, who played a key role in Holocaust memory in his native Romania, dies at 78

Michael Shafir was known in his work and in his personal life for his straightforward and often humorous presentation of difficult times.

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Romanian Government issues landmark law to protect shechita

There are a few European countries that ban Kosher slaughter such as Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Slovenia and parts of Belgium.

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Romania's ornate, crumbling synagogues get new access via virtual tours

The website includes interviews with current Jewish leaders of each community, as well as the English and Romanian transcriptions of oral testimonies collected throughout the decades.

The historic Orăștie synagogue in Romania.

Meet the rabbi behind a new transliterated Chumash for Romanians

Rabbi Sorin Rosen has been working for seven years trying to finish his transliterated version of the Chumash into Romanian for the Jewish community in Romania.

Bucharest, Romania

Nazi warship, sunken during WWII, exposed amid drought on Danube

The vessels were among hundreds scuttled along the Danube by Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet in 1944 as they retreated from advancing Soviet forces.

 Wreckage of a World War Two Nazi German warship is seen in the Danube in Prahovo, Serbia August 18, 2022.

Who is Andrew Tate and how did he become popular? What you should know

The former kickboxer and current influencer has skyrocketed in popularity thanks to TikTok but is mired in controversy for sexism, rape allegations and more.

 Andrew Tate

Spectacular success for Vertigo Dance Company at Sibiu Festival of Performing Arts

'Pardes' by Vertigo Dance company

Habima National Theatre plays Bucharest

R to L: :Matan Shavit, Nir Zalikhovski, Ruby Porat Shoval, Tataina Kanlis Ollier, Aya Kaplan, Shalom Shmolov, Noam Semel, Hila Shaliu, David Saranga, Yuval Shlomovich and Hagar Tishman

On This Day: Romania orders Iași purged of Jews in pogrom in 1941

This pogrom took place in the city of Iași saw where Romania's Nazi-aligned regime slaughtered over 13,000 Jews. It remains one of the worst pogroms of all time, even in the Holocaust.

 Death train from Iaşi during the pogrom.