In the 14-day old state of Israel, the future of the “New City” of western Jerusalem was threatened. The situation was dire. It was a
November 29, 1947, at 5:50 p.m. EST, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution that would divide the Land of Israel between a Jewish
The curvy windy road leading to the northern entrance of Efrat passes by an adjacent Arab town. The town extends from a nearby hill downward
Recently, my neighbor, a soldier in the IDF, took me up to the northern slope of Dagan Hill in Efrat to show me the efforts
“Buy Palestinian Matzot!” was a call to support Zion back in the days of the British Mandate. On April 28, 1926, a headline for a
When UNWRA (United Nations Relief Work Agency) was formed in December 1949, it was supposed to temporarily tend to the needs of the approximately 600,000
Before the Germans captured the city of Warsaw in the 1939 Blitzkrieg, there were 360,000 Jews in the Polish capital. Its Jews were forced into
Forced evacuation and return. It is a saga of tragedy, struggle and triumph. Following the 1929 massacre in Hebron at the hands of Arab terrorists,
The theme of Jewish unity is often associated with Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the city of peace although it has been conquered 36 times in its
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah 1943, an entire Jewish community was hidden by their neighbors from those who sought their annihilation. When Yom Kippur
It was the First World War. They were soldiers on opposing sides but they were fellow Jews. Some fought for Russia, part of the Entente,
This week I, along with my family, have returned to Israel on aliyah. Following our arrival, I did not keep our move a secret, rather
