Sixty-one years after his death in 1961, Captain Arthur Carlos de Barros Basto, the founder of the Jewish community in Porto and a passionate advocate for the Bnei Anousim of … Read More Justice at last: the “Portuguese Dreyfus” is posthumously reinstated
Regional History
Yitzhak Shamir (1915-2012)
Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983-84 and 1986-1992. He was the country’s second longest-serving prime minister after David Ben-Gurion.
Jews in Morocco: The Fez Pogrom of 1912
This month the Jewish world will cite the one hundredth anniversary of one of the most painful events in the history of the Jews in Muslim lands – the “Tritel” – … Read More Jews in Morocco: The Fez Pogrom of 1912
David Elazar (1925-1976)
David “Dado” Elazar was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974. He was forced to resign in the aftermath … Read More David Elazar (1925-1976)
The Druze in Israel
The Druze people reside primarily in Israel, Syria and Lebanon. It is an Arab-speaking community loyal to the state that has suffered hundreds of casualties in its defense, and whose men serve today … Read More The Druze in Israel
Avraham Ravitz (1934-2009)
Avraham Ravitz, an influential ultra-Orthodox Jewish lawmaker who served in Israel’s parliament for 20 years, died Monday in Jerusalem. The 75-year-old Ravitz suffered from a heart condition and had been … Read More Avraham Ravitz (1934-2009)
The Balfour Declaration
The letter stated the position that the British government supported Zionist plans for a National home for the Jewish people within Palestine. During the First World War, British policy became … Read More The Balfour Declaration
Irena Sendler (1910-2008)
This is Irena Sendler, a courageous Polish social worker, who risked her life to save some 2,500 Jewish children during World War II. Irena Sendler repeatedly entered the Warsaw ghetto … Read More Irena Sendler (1910-2008)
Exodus Commander Yossi Harel (1919-2008)
Yossi Harel, born in Jerusalem, was the commander of the emigrant ship ‘Exodus 1947’ and later a leading member of the Israeli intelligence community. Yossi Harel tells Exodus story from … Read More Exodus Commander Yossi Harel (1919-2008)
MIDDLE EAST REFUGEES – PALESTINIAN & JEWISH
Irwin Cotler: ‘There is no moral or legal basis for the demand that Palestinian refugees be allow to return to the state of Israel’. ‘Arab League’s decision to reject Partition … Read More MIDDLE EAST REFUGEES – PALESTINIAN & JEWISH