March 20, 1921 The Shame of Winston Churchill The Palestine Mandate is Reduced by 75% Winston Churchill: “I created Transjordan with the stroke of a pen on a Sunday Afternoon in Cairo” Source: O Jerusalem!, Lapierre Collins, Simon & Schuster (1972) March 21th, 1921: The Shame of Winston Churchill The Palestine Mandate is Reduced by […]
Some of the rhetoric espoused today implies that the Jewish people arrived suddenly in Palestine in the early twentieth century and displaced an ancient people who were living there previously. This could not be farther from the truth. Historical sources, both Jewish and non-Jewish, prove conclusively that the Land of Israel was inhabited by Jews […]
Raghib al-Nashashibi, resident of Jerusalem to the Ottoman Parliament in Constantinople: “If I am elected as representative, I shall devote all my strength, day and night, to doing away with the threat of the Zionists and Zionism.” Source: Shafir, Gershon. Land, Labor, and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,1882-1914. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1989
Lowther to Sir E. Grey Ottoman Opposition to Zionism FO 371/1794 – No. 218 (16925) Pera, March 17, 1913 Sir, After the coup d’etat of January 23, last by which the Committee of Union and Progress (e.g. COUP) seized power, the Zionists again became active here and the Grand Rabbi of Turkey addressed to the […]
Jews and Judaism stood at the cradle of Islam. This fateful conjunction had a lasting impact on the character of the new religion and greatly affected the destinies of the Jews who were to live under its shadow. The Prophet Muhammad created a religion — Islam; a unique book — the Qur’ān; and a state […]
We’re proud to present the Year 2000 guide to excavations that need volunteers. Learn about the history of each site, who’s doing the work and what their plans are for the coming summer. The contact information for each site appears on the chart on pages 40–43. But if you aren’t sure you want to spend […]
Bringing Water Inside Jerusalem’s Walls When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, intent on making war against Jerusalem, he consulted with his officers and warriors about stopping the flow of the springs outside the city, and they supported him. (2 Chronicles 32-2-3) Translation- [The day of] the breach. This is the record of how the […]
Bible and Beyond Where Was the Israelite Temple Located? Click here to view the original article. In case you think that only modern archaeologists are prone to controversy and disagreement, you should revisit the bitter dispute between James Fergusson and Charles Warren, two giants of their day, involving nothing less than the location of Solomon’s […]
The excavator of Dan recalls growing up in pre-state Israel, great archaeologists he’s known and why he’s a Biblical archaeologist On October 23, 1999, Avraham Biran, director of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, will celebrate his 90th birthday. He will also have completed his 34th season at […]
Main Page Educational Resource Guides Educational Resource Guides from Steve Israel, Exile 1492- Unit I, The Story of the Jews in Spain (workbook), ed. Michael Glatzer, Ben-Zvi Institute, 1991- Age One- Under Muslim Rule Educational Resource Guides from Steve Israel, Exile 1492- Unit II, The Sephardi Diaspora (workbook), ed. Michael Glatzer, Ben-Zvi Institute, 1991- Introduction- […]