by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1940-1947: War As World War II heated up in Europe and the massacre of the Holocaust gained momentum, violence in British-ruled Palestine increased as well. In 1941, the Mufti of Jerusalem summoned a Holy War against Britain and collaborated with the Nazis to...
by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1920-1940: Jewish Immigration and Arab Terror As Hitler rose to power in Germany and began to implement the genocide of the Jewish people, increased numbers of Jews immigrated to Palestine, legally and illegally. At the Cairo Conference in 1921, a partition of...
by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1900-1920: Jewish Homeland The two decades between 1900 and 1920 propelled Zionism forward. In 1903, a proposal was made to establish a Jewish homeland in Uganda, but this proposal was declined by the Zionist Congress. The Kishnev Pogrom in Russia and other...
by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
300-400: Christianity Becomes the Official Religion of the Roman Empire During the fourth century AD, Emperor Constantine the Great made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. This led to edicts against the Jews as well as laws protecting them....
by hadassah | Oct 8, 2019 | Presence in the Land
200-300 AD: Talmudic Evidence Talmudic sources describe the continued presence of Jews on the Temple Mount during this period. Rabbi Natan entered the Temple and found only one wall remaining and Rabbi Bibi instructed others on how to behave when visiting the...
by hadassah | Oct 8, 2019 | Presence in the Land
100-200 AD: Revolt The Bar Kokhba Revolt began as a guerrilla struggle against Rome in 132 C.E. Within a short time it had spread throughout the country, and the rebels took Jerusalem, which had not been heavily fortified by the Romans. Once the revolt was...
