Hitler and the Arab World
The anti-Semitism of Nazi Germany was warmly embraced by Arab leadership. See also: The Mufti of Jerusalem and Yasser Arafat
Archive for April, 2016
The War of Independence: Protecting Jerusalem
How the new Israeli army fought to protect Jerusalem from Arab attacks.
To Be a Jew in an Arab Land
How were the Jewish communities in Arab lands affected by the hostility of Islam to Jews and Judaism?
The Ties That Bind: The U.S. and Israel
Despite pressure from within and from without, President Harry Truman supported wholeheartedly the establishment of the State of Israel. See also: Immigration into Palestine – Statement by President Truman, Oct. 4, 1946. President Weizmann Presents a Torah to President Truman, 1948. Statement by President Truman, March 25, 1948.
The United Monarchy: Rereading the Bible and the Archaeological Evidence, Lawrence H. Schiffman
Reprinted with permission from LawrenceSchiffman.com. This lecture was presented at the Center for Jewish History’s event entitled “In the Valley of David and Goliath: Digging Up Evidence on the United Monarchy,” sponsored by Yeshiva University Museum, American Friends of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU. My task this evening, […]