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Files Added in September 2008

Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East
  • 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East [Updated]
  • Barack Obama [Updated]
  • John McCain [Updated]
• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Jihad As Unarmed Struggle
• Bibliography & Bookstore
  • Books for Children & Young Readers [Updated]
• Biography
  • Abie Nathan [Updated]
  • Garrett Weber-Gale [Updated]
  • Jason Lezak [Updated]
• Israel
  • Sigd
  • Jewish Festivals in Israel [Updated]
  • Israel’s Security Fence [Updated]
• Israel Scholar Development Fund
  • Kimmerling Prize for Graduate Student Paper at AIS Conference 2008
• The US-Israel Relationship
  • Teddy Roosevelt, Jewish Avenger
  • President Bush Honors 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel (5/15/08)
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour
  • Berlin [Updated]
  • Photographs – Jewish Buenos Aires
  • Prague [Updated]
  • Synagogues of the World
    • Argentina [Updated]

Files Added in August 2008

Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East
  • 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East [Updated]
  • Barack Obama [Updated]
  • John McCain [Updated]
• Antisemitism
  • Anti-Semitic Cartoons and the 2008 U.S. Presidential Race
• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Arab/Muslim Attitudes Toward Israel [Updated]
• Archaeology
  • Archaeology [Updated]
  • The Yavneh-Yam Project
• Biography
  • Biographies [Updated]
  • Biographies of Jewish Women [Updated]
  • Jewish Fashion Icons [Updated]
  • Dara Torres [Updated]
  • Deena Kastor [Updated]
  • Rami Zur [Updated]
  • David Zalcberg [Updated]
  • Haile Satayin [Updated]
  • Nicholas Massu [Updated]
  • Shay Doron
  • Ryan Braun
  • Ben Wildman-Tobriner (Olympic swimmer)
• Fact Sheets
  • Fact Sheet #23: Iran [Updated]
• History
  • Israeli Soldiers Missing in Action [Updated]
  • Jews Who Served in the Spanish Civil War [Updated]
• Holocaust
  • The Bielski Brothers – Jewish Resistance and the “Otriad”
  • Bergen-Belsen Photographs [Updated]
  • RAF Officer at Belsen Liberation
  • Resistance Table of Contents [Updated]
    • Women in the Holocaust
      • Haika Grossman
      • Anna Heilman
      • Rozka Korczak-Marla
      • Zivia Lubetkin
      • Rose Meth
      • Haviva Reik
      • Hannah Szenes
      • Zofia Yamaika
      • Mala Zimetbaum
• Judaism
  • The Falash Mura [Updated]
  • Marriage [Updated]
• Peace
  • Keeping Track of the Road Map [Updated]
• Politics
  • Relations between China and Israel
  • Turkey and Israel Agree to Start Works on Pipeline Project (7/2008)
  • Ehud Olmert [Updated]
  • Olmert Announces Intent to Resign (7/30/08)
• Society & Culture
  • Israel’s Murder Rate Among Lowest in the World
  • Jewish Olympic Medalists at the 2008 Beijing Games
  • Jews in Sports: Cricket
    • Ali Bacher
    • Dennis Gamsy
    • Norman Gordon
    • Michael Klinger
    • Jon Moss
    • Fred Susskind
    • Fred Trueman
    • Julien Wiener
  • Jews on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
  • Jews in Sports [Updated]
  • Jews in Sports: Bowling
  • Jews in Sports: Boxing [Updated]
  • Jews in Sports: Chess
  • Jews in Sports: Fencing & Equestrian
  • Jews in Sports: Figure Skating
  • Jews in Sports: Football [Updated]
  • Jews in Sports: Golf & Field Hockey
  • Jews in Sports: Gymnastics
  • Jews in Sports: Journalism & Media
  • Jews in Sports: Judo & Taekwondo
  • Jews in Sports: Kayaking
  • Jews in Sports: Sailing
  • Jews in Sports: Shooting
  • Jews in Sports: Swimming [Updated]
  • Jews in Sports: Table Tennis
  • Jews in Sports: Volleyball
  • Jews in Sports: Weightlifting
  • Jews in Sports: Wrestling
• Terrorism
  • Abu Nidal
  • List of Terrorist Attacks Attributed to Abu Nidal
  • Hizballah (“Party of God”) [Updated]
• Threats to Israel
  • Potential Threats to Israel: Iran [Updated]
• The US-Israel Relationship
  • Public Opinion Toward Israel [Updated]
  • Cooperation Between Israel and the State of North Carolina [Updated]
  • The Harry S. Truman Administration [Updated]
  • State Department Telegram Recognizing State of Israel (5/14/48)
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour
  • El Salvador [Updated]
  • China [Updated]
• World War II
  • World War II Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Operation Paperclip

Files Added in July 2008

Myths & Facts Online — Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

• 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East
  • 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Views on the Middle East [Updated]
  • Barack Obama [Updated]
  • Hillary Clinton [Updated]
  • John McCain [Updated]
• Antisemitism
  • Wilhelm Marr (1819-1904)
  • 2007 International Religious Freedom Reports
    • Algeria
    • Bahrain
    • Egypt
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Israel
    • Jordan
    • Kuwait
    • Lebanon
    • Libya
    • Morocco
    • The Occupied Territories
    • Oman
    • Qatar
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Syria
    • Tunisia
    • United Arab Emirates
  • Yemen
• The Arab/Muslim World
  • Palestinian Opinion Since the Creation of the Caretaker Government of Salaam Fayyad [Updated]
  • Palestinian Attitudes About Peace With Israel (2008) [Updated]
  • Arab/Muslims Attitudes Toward Israel [Updated]
• Biography
  • Biographies of Jewish Women [Updated]
  • Elias Canetti [Updated]
  • Brad Gilbert [Updated]
  • Henryk Mandelbaum (1922-2008)
  • Tzipi Livni [Updated]
• Fact Sheets
  • Fact Sheet #23: Iran [Updated]
• History
  • Ancient Jewish History [Updated]
  • Ancient Jewish Coins
    • First Judean Coins (4th Century B.C.E.)
    • The Syrian-Judean Coin Connection (142-131 B.C.E.)
    • Maccabean/Hasmonean Coins (135-37 B.C.E.)
    • The Last of the Maccabees (40-37 B.C.E.)
    • The Widow’s Mite (30 C.E.)
    • The Roman-Judean Coin Connection (58, 53 B.C.E.)
    • Herod the Great’s Coins (37-4 B.C.E.)
    • The Herodian Dynasty (4 B.C.E. - 39 C.E.)
    • Herod’s Grandchildren (37-96 C.E.)
    • The Procurators (6-66 C.E.)
    • The Tribute Penny (30 C.E.)
    • The First Revolt (66-70 C.E.)
    • Judaea Capta (70-96 C.E.)
    • Nerva’s Jewish Tax Coin (96 C.E.)
    • The Other Jewish Revolt (115-117 C.E.)
    • Hadrian’s Trip to Judaea (130 C.E.)
    • The Second Revolt (132-135 C.E.)
    • The Coins Live On (after 135 C.E.)
    • City Coins of Palestine (c. 66-268 C.E.)
    • Arabs in the Holy Land (c. 650-1094 C.E.)
    • The Crusaders (1099-1861 C.E.)
    • Rebirth (1948)
  • Ancient Jewish Coins — Bibliography
  • Jerusalem Maps [Updated]
  • Jerusalem in the 12th Century
  • Jerusalem in the 13th Century
  • Circular Plan of Jerusalem in the 13th Century
  • Pre-1948 Maps Table of Contents [Updated]
  • “Excluded Areas” under the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence (1916)
  • Palestine & Syria – Ottoman Administrative Districts (1915)
  • Palestine claimed by the World Zionist Organization (1919)
  • Palestine Partition Plan A (1937)
  • Palestine Partition Plan B (1938)
  • Palestine Partition Plan C (1938)
  • The Sykes-Picot Agreement (5/16/16)
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1990-1999) [Updated]
  • Modern Israel & the Diaspora (2000-2008) [Updated]
• Holocaust
  • Dachau Concentration Camp [Updated]
  • Klaus Barbie [Updated]
  • Drancy Transit Camp [Updated]
  • Gassing Victims [Updated]
    • Letter Requesting “Special Vans” at Mauthausen
    • Letter Stating the Use of “Gassing Devices” as part of Final Solution
    • Letter to Himmler’s Staff Describing the Uses of a “Delousing Van”
  • Who Were the Five Million Non-Jewish Holocaust Victims?
  • Rescuers [Updated]
    • Jose Arturo Castellanos
    • George Mandel-Mantello
    • Necdet Kent
    • Maximilian Kolbe [Updated]
  • Military Organization of the Third Reich [Updated]
  • The “Lebensborn” Program (1935-1945) [Updated]
  • War Crimes and Trials [Updated]
  • Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (11/26/68)
  • Koldichevo concentration camp
  • The Revolt at Auschwitz-Birkenau [Updated]
  • Westerbork Monument Photographs
  • Buchenwald Memorial Photographs
  • Zegota (1942-1945)
• Israel Scholar Development Fund
  • AICE Visiting Israeli Professors Announcement for 2009-2010
• Judaism
  • Guide to Rosh Hashanah Morning Services
• Peace
  • Keeping Track of the Road Map [Updated]
  • War with Hizbollah [Updated]
  • Main Points of the Agreement on the Release of Missing & Captive Israeli Soldiers in Lebanon (6/29/08)
  • Outline of the Deal for the Israeli Soldiers Kidnapped in the North (6/29/08)
• Politics
  • International Relations Table of Contents [Updated]
  • Israel & Great Britian Launch New Adademic Exchange Program (7/20/08)
• Society & Culture
  • Coexistence in Israel Study
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with the Palestinians - 2008 [Updated]
  • Israeli Attitudes Towards the Diaspora Community [Updated]
  • Israeli Opinion On Religious Matters [Updated]
  • Israeli Opinion Toward Terrorism [Updated]
  • Jews in Sports: Hockey [Updated]
    • Rudi Ball 
    • Hy Buller 
    • Doug Friedman
    • Nicklas Grossman
    • Cecil Hart
    • Stan Kasten
    • Alex Levinsky
    • David Littman
    • Vladimir Myshkin
    • David Nemirovsky
    • Bob Nystrom
    • Cory Pecker
    • Todd Simon
    • Ed Snider
    • Ronnie Stern
    • Larry Tanenbaum
    • Larry Zeidel
  • Jews in Sports: Football [Updated]
    • Noah Cantor 
    • Lennie Friedman
    • Malcolm Glazer
    • Andrew Kline
    • Robert Kraft
    • Jeffrey Lurie
    • Josh Miller
    • Mike Rosenthal
    • Dan Snyder
    • Bob Tisch
    • Al Lerner
    • Adam Schreiber
    • Scott Slutzker
    • Josh Taves
    • Marc Trestman
    • Ron Wolf
  • Museum of the I.Z.L. (Etzel Museum)
  • Museum on the Seam [Updated]
  • Israeli Attitudes Toward Iran [Updated]
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with Syria & Lebanon [Updated]
  • Israeli Opinion Regarding Peace with the Palestinians - 2008 [Updated]
• Terrorism
  • Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles [Updated]
  • Israeli “Hits” On Terrorists [Updated]
• Threats to Israel
  • Potential Threats to Israel: Iran [Updated]
• The US-Israel Relationship
  • House Letter Supporting Israel’s Quest for Peace (6/27/08)
  • Senate Letter Supporting Israel’s Quest for Peace (6/24/08)
  • White House Announces New Liaison to Jewish Community (7/11/08)
• The Virtual Jewish History Tour
  • Bermuda [Updated]
  • Tunisia
  • Pitigliano [Updated]
  • Sarajevo [Updated]
  • Germany [Updated]
  • Synagogues of the World
    • Turkey [Updated]
    • Tunisia [Updated]
    • The Caribbean [Updated]
    • Philippines [Updated]
    • Thailand [Updated]
    • Myanmar (Burma) [Updated]
    • Singapore [Updated]
    • China [Updated]
    • Indonesia [Updated]
    • Japan [Updated]
    • Central and South America [Updated]
    • Bosnia [Updated]
    • Bulgaria [Updated]
    • France [Updated]
    • South Africa [Updated]
    • Croatia [Updated]
    • Romania [Updated]
    • Germany [Updated]
    • Austria [Updated]
    • Belgium [Updated]
    • Greece [Updated]
    • Netherlands [Updated]
    • Norway [Updated]
    • Portugal [Updated]
    • Serbia [Updated]
    • Spain [Updated]
    • Switzerland [Updated]
    • United Kingdom [Updated]
    • Syria [Updated]
    • Lebanon [Updated]
    • Australia [Updated]
    • India [Updated]
    • Russia [Updated]
    • Turkey [Updated]
    • United States [Updated]
• World War II
  • The Battle of Stalingrad [Updated]
  • Jewish RAF Special Operators in Radio Counter Measures with 101 Squadron [Updated]

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