Rosh Hashana with the Army of Israel (In the War of Liberation)
In the beginning of the autumn of 1948, much of the land which constituted the pre-Six Day War Jewish State was still in Arab hands. Part of Upper Galilee was […]
Rabbi Yehoshua Hutner, Director of Yad Harav Herzog
Friday, June 2, 1967, six o’clock in the morning the Israel radio announced that a new national government composed of the major parties had been established. The news was received […]
Rabbi Shmuel Weinberg
Mayor of Bnei Brak According to Don Isaac Abravanel in his commentary on the Passover Haggadah, Bnei Brak mentioned in the story of the five sages was not the name […]
Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Levin
Much time has passed since I had seen him last. He has not changed much—the same white flowing beard, the thick dense eyebrows, the clever eyes twinkling from behind the […]
Vladimir Jabotinsky
While still a child I had read his article on Joseph Trumpeldor, the one- armed hero of Tel Hai, who had died with these words on his lips: “It is […]
The Fall of the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem was divided into Jewish, Armenian, Christian and Moslem quarters. At one time the Jewish quarter had a population of 15,000, but with the growth of […]