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The Legendary speech Chaim Herzog gave at the UN on November 10th. 1975 where he showed the Jewish State's response to resolutions that held Zionism to be racism. Location: Featured Articles > Video Archive |
The Daily Beast / / / / / / Normal / 0 / 21 / / / / / / / The Daily Beast / Kai Bird / Published March 22nd 2010 / / As a young boy in the autumn of 1956, I was forced to leave our house in Sheikh Jarrah—the neighborhood that today has become the latest battleground over the building of settlements in East Jerusalem. My father was then an American diplomat stationed in East Jerusalem. But when Israel, Britain, and France launched a surprise invasion of Egypt on October 29, 1956, my mother, sister, and I were evacuated to Beirut, leaving father behind to tend to the business of the.. Location: Deconstruction |
 2010 Stop Ezekiel's Tomb From Destruction / / It's time to make ourselves heard before its too late! Alarming news has been brought to the public of the Iraqi Ministry for Culture plan to build a mosque over the Tomb of Ezekiel located in Al-kifl, a town outside Karbala. This has been a revered Jewish shrine for over 2,500 years, and was under Jewish control during the Ottoman period, and was restored and protected under the Saddam Hussein regime. It is reprehensible that now under a western-patroned democracy such actions are in the planning. JNI is doing all within its power to stop this.. Location: Activism |
Haaretz Author: Gideon Levy / Date of Pub: 29/11/2009 / / Those types have always been seen on big-city streets, talking to themselves, asking and answering, shouting, speaking in a low voice, deliberating and pontificating. As children, we were afraid of them. They were "crazy." That's exactly what Israeli public discourse is like. We are talking to ourselves, inventing bogus axioms and sticking with them as if they were decreed from on high, convinced that the whole world accepts them. But we are only talking to ourselves. No one else accepts them. The Israeli collective is not only.. Location: Deconstruction |
David Matlin The narrow streets were dark and filled with sounds. Figures moved behind blackened windows in the overbearing buildings. Finger on the trigger, senses focused on my surroundings, I ensured my fellow Jews the right to pray at the grave of one of our revered figures. / / I was filled with a profound sense that this was the right thing to do. We stood as symbols of modernity - guardians of the Jewish state. This moment embodied the spirit of why I joined the IDF, and it was one of the proudest of my life. While we were not welcomed, and while our presence required military might, we sought only.. Location: Featured Articles > Archive |
Haaretz Benny Morris' new books and historical outlook bring the era of post-Zionist history to its inglorious end. Location: In the Media / Links |
Jerusalem Post David M. Weinberg takes a candid look at the Saudi Kingdom's diplomacy concerning Israel. The kingdoms duplicitous nature of its current stance and the history and evolution of its anti-Israel positions then and now. Location: Links |
 Andrew Bostom A painstakingly researched scholarly book on the sources and consequences of anti-Semitism in Islam. Dr. Bostom provides an objective look at the scriptural roots of Muslim anti-Semitism in the Koran and hadiths and shows how this hatred has been expressed throughout history.
Bostom completely debunks the myth that the history of anti-semitism in the Arab world began with the rebirth of Israel. This book is a methodical and eye opening account into the genealogy of Islamic anti-semitism. An almost encyclopedic compendium of religous personalities, Islamic liturgy and historical account of.. Location: Suggested Reading |
 Conor Cruise O'Brien O'Brien, a scholar, former diplomat, and Irish politician, has written a highly prized history of Israel and Zionism. His historical analysis and interpretive critique is based on voluminous sources and knowledge of the secondary literature. His insights and reflections concerning zionism and the Jewish People have become a source for greater understanding of the conflicts surrounding the state of Israel. Location: Suggested Reading |
 Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay The Federalist Papers is a must read for anyone interested in the origins of US government, American political values, the history of colonial America or Democracy. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay authored the 85 part piece as letters to the editor to gain public support for the new consititution. Location: Suggested Reading |
 Paul Johnson A comprehensive one-volume survey covering four thousand years of Jewish history and the impact of Jewish genius and imagination on the world as we understand it today. Location: Suggested Reading |
 James Carroll Part history, part memoir, "Constantine's Sword" by novelist James Carroll traces the record of anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism in the Catholic Church, suggesting that centuries of hostility culminated in the Holocaust. Carroll also traces the development of his own thinking about Judaism: as a Catholic seminarian, he knew no Jews and little about Judaism, except what he learned in classrooms, which he relates as learnig that Judaism had been superceded by Christ's new covenant. Location: Suggested Reading |
 Judah Halevi The immortal wisdom of Rabbenu Yehuda Halevi is found in this masterly work. Jewish philosophy is ilucidated clearly and Jewish history is presented within the framework of the Jewish purpose concerning mankind and its progression. Location: Suggested Reading |
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