25 Feb Guatemala – an Old and True Friend of Israel
There’s an old saying that there’s no better friend than an old friend. In the case of Guatemala’s relationship with Israel, it is certainly true. Guatemala lost little time following US...
05 Feb BILU – a Forerunner of the Rebuilding of the Land of Israel
The year 1881 was the year pogroms against Jews began in Russia, later accompanied by anti-Semitic laws. Large numbers of Russian Jews started emigrating to the United States. A smaller...
22 Jan Salvador Dali Depicted Connection of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel
Those familiar with the surrealistic output of the eccentric 20th century painter Salvador Dali (1904-1989) -- known perhaps most widely for his depictions of limp watches -- would find it...
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 Harry Truman
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...