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The Exodus story serves as more than a religious or moral narrative. Its influence has shaped the fundamental paradigms of Western political thought to this day.
During the century from the beginnings of the Yishuv Hadash [Modern Zionist Settlement] until the present, the competition between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv has played a critical role. Although Tel Aviv…
If it hadn’t been for Hitler there would be no Israel. If there had been no Holocaust there would be no Jewish State today. How often this line of reasoning is used! Even the German-British writer…
On the morning of June 1, 1984, I drove from Beirut to Jerusalem. The taxi came early and Mohammed and I said our goodbyes in my sandy parking lot overlooking the Mediterranean, while Eddy the…
At an age when most youngsters are struggling to unravel the secrets of mathematics and the mysteries of the Bible; at an age when first love blooms; at the tender age of sixteen, I was handed a rifle…
To assess as commendable the courageous and spectacular life-saving mission implemented recently by Israeli commandos in Uganda would be to understate the case badly. The matchless daring and…
Albert Antebi (1873–1919), the subject of this photograph, was an educator, philanthropist, and diplomat in Ottoman Palestine. Born in Damascus to a rabbinical Jewish family, he became a prominent…
On August 20, 1906, the settlers of the Jewish Colonization Association, meeting in the town of Basavilbaso, Lucienville Colony…
Vassal Treaty of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (reigned 681–669 BCE). This copy of the treaty was found in the inner sanctum of the Assyrian temple in Tell Tayinat (in southeastern Turkey), where it was…
This poster was published by the Jewish Welfare Board in the United States just prior to the armistice bringing World War I to a halt. The message was to elicit support from Jewish civilians for the…
