Slavery

Australian women linked to ISIS arrested, accused of slavery after Syrian return

The Australian government said on Wednesday that four women and nine children who had been detained in northeast Syria planned to return to Australia, but would receive no government assistance.

MEMBERS OF Australian families believed to be linked to the Islamic State militants wait to leave Roj camp near Derik, Syria April 24, 2026.
 Illustrative image of human trafficking.

Couple arrested for human trafficking after keeping foreign worker under 'slavery conditions'

Taking cover in Tel Aviv, March 1.

Parashat Ki Tisa: Fear and the choice of courage

Impatience has led to many people losing their own private Garden of Eden.

Parashat Ki Tisa: Sin of the golden calf and the test of patience


Let’s commit to eradicating modern slavery by the next Seder

We are commanded to feel, over the course of our Seder, as if we, too, experienced the ravages of slavery and the redemptive power of liberation.

Passover plate from France

Let’s commit to eradicating modern slavery by the next Seder

We are commanded to feel, over the course of our Seder, as if we, too, experienced the ravages of slavery and the redemptive power of liberation.

Ivanka Trump attends a meeting on action to end modern slavery and human trafficking on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S

We were once slaves

We were slaves but now we are free. When we sit down at our Seder tonight, we should think long and hard about what that means.

A Passover Seder

Former Labour MP, anti-Israel activist Walker gets support from David Icke

The conspiracy writer, famous for claiming humanity is controlled by space lizards, posed a video in which Walker defends her views that Holocaust Memorial Day should be expanded to include blacks.

UK Labour member Jackie Walker

The Jewish slaveholders

Beyond the antisemitic canards, Jews alternately participated, coopted and resisted slavery.

Judah P. Benjamin, the most prominent Jewish slaveholder in American history