27 Dec The Dreyfus Affair, a Case of Injustice and Anti-Semitism
The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. The affair is often seen as a symbol of injustice...
12 Dec Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Father of Modern Hebrew
It is known that many of the world’s languages are constantly slipping into extinction, particularly in an age of globalization in which the world’s major languages dominate international interchange. Hebrew, the...
06 Dec President Harry Truman & his Historic Decision
Harry Truman, the 33rd U.S president assumed office following the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. During his presidency Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan, helped...
05 Dec The Biltmore Conference – a Zionist Turning Point
The Biltmore Conference, so named because it took place at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City from May 6-11, 1942, was a key turning point in the Zionist efforts...
28 Nov A Vote 70 Years Ago That Set the Stage for a Renewed Jewish State
November 29 is not just another date on the Israeli calendar, especially not this year. It was 70 years ago, on November 29, 1947, that the United Nations General Assembly...
13 Nov The Evil That Was Kristallnacht
The evil did not begin with Kristallnacht, but Kristallnacht was a preview of even worse horrors to come for the Jews of the Third Reich and vast stretches of Europe...
07 Nov Hannah Szenes – a Poet and a Heroine
Hannah Szenes is one of the great heroines of pre-state Israel. Born in Hungary on July 17, 1921, she came to Palestine as a young woman. A poet and a...
29 Oct The Young Spy Who Died a Heroine for the People of Israel
Is a spy a hero or a villain? The answer obviously depends on which side the person involved is spying for. If it is for your cause or that of...
22 Oct Winston Churchill
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born to an aristocratic family on November 30, 1874. As a young child, Churchill grew up in Dublin, Ireland, and when he entered formal school, Churchill proved...
19 Oct Only a Letter, But One That Helped Change History
One of the landmark achievements of the modern Zionist movement was, after all, basically only a letter written 100 years ago from a senior British government official to a prominent...