Newest Additions to the Library

Newest Additions to the Library

Upcoming Holidays and Commemorations | Upcoming Anniversaries
Anti-Semitism | Biography | History | Holocaust | Israel
Judaism | The Middle East | Myths & Facts | Peace Process | Public Opinion Polls
Terrorism | U.S.-Israel Relations | Virtual Jewish World

Upcoming Holidays and Commemorations

• Purim (February 25-26, 2021)
• Pesach (Passover) (March 27-April 4, 2021)
• Yom HaShoah (April 7-8, 2021)
• Yom HaZikaron (April 13-14, 2021)
• Yom Ha-Atzmaut (April 14-15, 2021)​​​​​​
• Lag B'Omer (April 29-30, 2021)

Upcoming Anniversaries

• Joseph Trumpeldor Killed in Battle of  Tel Hai (March 1, 1920)
• Israel Agrees to Sinai Withdrawal After Suez War (March 1, 1957)
• Birth of Yitzhak Rabin (March 1, 1922)
• Birth of Shalom Aleichem (March 2, 1859)
• Eugenio Pacelli Elected Pope Pius XII (March 2, 1939)
• Nazis Massacre 5,000 Jews in Minsk Ghetto / Belzec Death Camp Becomes Operational March 2, 1942)
• Palestinian Terrorists Murder Amb. Cleo Noel and DCM George Moore After Seizing Saudi Embassy in Khartoum (March 2, 1973)
• France Orders Confiscation of all Jewish Books (March 3, 1240)
• Emir Feisal Expresses Sympathy for Zionism in Letter to Felix Frankfurter (March 3, 1919)
• Knesset Passes Law For Holocaust Memorial Day (March 4, 1959)
• Winston Churchill Delivers “Iron Curtain” Speech in Missouri (March 5, 1946)
• Joseph Stalin Dies (March 5, 1953)
• US Congress Condemns Palestinian Rocket Attacks (March 5, 2008)
• Mauritania Closes Israel’s Embassy, Evicts all Staff (March 6, 2009)
• Hadassah Founded (March 7, 1912)
• Israel Elects First Female Leader (March 7, 1969)
• Ariel Sharon Elected Israel’s 15th Prime Minister (March 7, 2001)

Anti-Semitism

• State Anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
• Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
• University Statements Rejecting Divestment and the Academic Boycott of Israel [Updated]
• Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance (BJEA)
• Biden Administration Endorses IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism
• Handbook for the Practical Use of the IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism
• The History of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement [Updated]
• Identifying Organizations Engaged in Anti-Semitic BDS Activities
• Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories
• Anti-Semitic Palestinian Cartoons
• University Statements Rejecting Divestment and the Academic Boycott of Israel [Updated]
• Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes [Updated]
• Incidents of Hate Crimes Against Jews in the U.S. Graph [Updated]
• American Attitudes Toward the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement [Updated]
• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]
• International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Definition of Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• Quotes from Arab and Islamic Leaders Regarding Jews and Israel [Updated]
• House Resolution H.Res. 1154 Condemning QAnon
• QAnon

Biography

• Anne Frank [Updated]
• Bruno Skierka
• Tony Blinken [Updated]
• Joe Biden [Updated]
• Merav Michaeli
• Gideon Sa’ar [Updated]
• Amir Peretz [Updated]
• Ze’ev Elkin [Updated]
• Hershel Shanks [Updated]
• Suzanne Bonamici
• Sara Jacobs
• Kathy Manning
• Jake Auchincloss
• Theo Epstein [Updated]
• Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon [Updated]
• Henry Waxman [Updated]
• Larry King [Updated]
• Samson
• Delilah
• Chuck Schumer [Updated]
• Jonathan Pollard [Updated]
• David Cicilline [Updated]
• Sheldon and Miriam Adelson [Updated]
• Jon Ossoff
• Anne Neuberger [Updated]
• Simon Guggenheim
• Ron Huldai
• Gary Wood

History

• Jews at the Battle of Arnhem [Updated]
• Roosevelt Asks State Department If There is Anyplace for “Jewish colonization” (November 26, 1938)
• Roosevelt Discourages British Announcement on Palestine (May 10, 1938)
• Chinese Leader Sun Yat-sen Expresses Support For Zionism
• State Department Opposes ICC Claim to Jurisdiction Over the Palestinian Situation
• The Black Death
• Pastoureaux
• Abba Eban on the UN
• Jewish Refugees From Palestine/Israel
• Report of the Secretary-General on the Withdrawal  of the UN Emergency Force (June 26, 1967)
• The Crusades [Updated]
• United Nations Member States Voting Records [Updated]
• OSS Reports on Zionist Campaign for a Jewish Army and Statehood
• Jewish Political Milestones in the United States
• OSS on Arab Opposition of U.S. Support of Zionists
• Jews in the Spanish Civil War  [Updated]
• The Arabs in Palestine [Updated]
• Truman Executive Order 10131 Regarding Investigation of Displaced Persons
• How Reagan Snatched Victory from the Jaws of Defeat On AWACS
• NSA Review Of Intelligence Failures In The Yom Kippur War
• Interview With Liberty Intercept Supervisor
• A Brief Guide to al-Haram al-Sharif
• Supreme Moslem Council Recognized Jewish Connection to Temple Mount [Updated]
• Roosevelt’s “Stab in the Back” Speech
• “Night Of The Railways”
• CIA Weekly Summary Related to Partition
• Truman Diary Entry Disparages Jews
• Jewish Personnel at Bletchley Park in World War II [Updated]
• Ancient Royal Mansion Unearthed in Jerusalem
• The Acre Prison Break [Updated]
• Jewish Brigade [Updated]

Holocaust

• Holocaust Quiz [Updated]
• Request For Help For Jews in Theresienstadt (August 19, 1944)
• Hitler’s First Radio Address
• The Last Nazi Trials [Updated]
• The Last Nazi Trial? [Updated]
• Ten Facts About Auschwitz
• History & Overview of Auschwitz-Birkenau [Updated]
• Nordhausen (Dora-Mittelbau) War Crimes Trials [Updated]
• Prisoner of War Trials at Dachau [Updated]
• U.S. States Requiring Holocaust Education in Schools [Updated]
• Hugo Boss and the Nazis
• German Firms that Used Slave Labor During Nazi Era [Updated]
• The Nazi Past of JAB Holdings, Owner of Krispy Kreme, Panera and Other Familiar Brands
• Volkswagen, Hitler and the Nazis
• Bahlsen: Cookies, Cakes and Forced Labor
• The Mufti and the Führer [Updated]
• Ickes Rejects Renewal of Proposal to Allow Jews Into Virgin Islands (January 13, 1943)
• Roosevelt Tells Wise U.S. is Helping Victims of Nazis (March 4, 23, 1943)
• Roosevelt Informed State Department Approves Entry of 1,000 Jewish Children (September 11, 1942)
• The Evian Conference [Updated]
• Ickes Recommends Allowing Jews Into Virgin Islands (October 10, 1942)
• Jews Could Have Been Saved  But U.S. Kept Them Out of Virgin Islands
• Roosevelt Rejects Advice to Condemn Vichy Persecution of Jews (October 21, 1942)

Israel

• Israel Quiz [Updated]
• The “Pre-1967 Border” - The “Green Line”
• UN Armistice Lines Map
• The Green Line Map
• Oil Spill Causes Ecological Disaster Along Israel’s Coast
• Israel, COVID-19, Palestinians and Israeli Arabs [Updated]
• Military Threats to Israel: Iran [Updated]
• Israel Ranked One of World’s Most Innovative Economies [Updated]
• Oil & Natural Gas in Israel [Updated]
• The Situation of Ethiopian Jews in Israel [Updated]
• UN Human Rights Council Anti-Israel Resolutions [Updated]
• History & Overview of the Israeli Navy [Updated]
• Integrating The Ultra-Orthodox Into Premium High-Tech Jobs
• New Hope Party [Updated]
• The Wolf Prize [Updated]
• Israel and the International Criminal Court
• ICC Claims Jurisdiction Over the Situation in Palestine
• Israel rejects ICC's Claim to Jurisdiction on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• 2021 Election to the 24th Knesset [Updated]
• United Torah Judaism Political Party [Updated]
• United Arab List (Ra'am) Political Party [Updated]
• Hadash Political Party [Updated]
• Balad Political Party [Updated]
• The Joint Arab List (Wamab) [Updated]
• Arab Movement for Renewal (Ta'al) Political Party [Updated]
• Israel Prize Winners [Updated]
• International Recognition of Israel [Updated]
• Hayisraelim Party [Updated]
• “Blue and White” - Kahol Lavan Party [Updated]
• United Right Party - Yamina [Updated]
• Religious Zionism Party (formerly Tkuma) [Updated]
• The Jewish Home Political Party - HaBayit HaYehudi [Updated]
• Labor Party Leaders [Updated]
• History & Overview of the Labor Party [Updated]
• United Arab List (Ra'am, Wamab) [Updated]

Judaism

• Jewish Olympic Medalists [Updated]
• Jewish Members of the 117th Congress [Updated]
• Jewish Women Biographies [Updated]
• A History of the Abuyudaya Jews of Uganda [Updated]
• Tu B’Shevat [Updated]
• Jews in the National Football League (NFL) [Updated]
• Jews in the Biden Administration [Updated]
• Marranos, Conversos, Anusim, & New Christians [Updated]
• Jewish Senators in the United States
• Bene Menashe [Updated]
• West Virginia Jewish History [Updated]
• Jewish Ritual Slaughter - Shechitah [Updated]
• Jews in Basketball (International) [Updated]
• Jewish Voting Record in U.S. Presidential Elections [Updated]
• Jews of Yemen [Updated]
• Jews of Tunisia [Updated]
• Jews of Lebanon [Updated]
• Jews of Morocco [Updated]
• Jewish Population in the United States by State [Updated]
• Total Jewish Population in the United States [Updated]

The Middle East

• Palestinian Authority Financing of Terrorism [Updated]
• Report on Human Rights Practices for 1997 - The Occupied Territories
• Iranian Ballistic Missile Program [Updated]
• The Gulf Cooperation Council [Updated]
• Biden Contemplates New Iran Deal [Updated]
• Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program [Updated]
• U.S. Contributions to UNRWA
• History & Overview of the Palestinian Refugees [Updated]
• Iranian Ballistic Missile Program [Updated]
• Palestinian Population Statistics [Updated]
• Total Palestinian Refugees [Updated]
• Population of the Palestinian Authority By Governorate and City
• UNRWA in Figures (2019)
• Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip [Updated]
• Palestinian refugees served by UNRWA in Jordan [Updated]
• Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank [Updated]
• Palestinian Refugees in Syria [Updated]
• Palestinian Population Statistics [Updated]
• UAE, Bahrain Designated Major Strategic Partners of the United States

Myths & Facts

• Palestinians have the right to sell land to Jews.
• Rejoining the Human Rights Council will allow the U.S. to reform the organization
• Israelis should be prosecuted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.
• Israeli settler population surged during Trump era.
• An Israeli human rights organization accurately compared Israel to South Africa.
• Palestinian authorities do not demolish Palestinian homes.
• Israel is denying COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians. [Updated]
• The Trump peace plan does not offer the Palestinians a capital in Jerusalem.
• America’s Arab allies support U.S. positions at the UN.
• There were no Jewish refugees from Palestine.
• Palestinian refugees did not choose to be refugees.
• Europe Opposes Illegal Palestinian Settlements.
• The al-Aqsa Mosque is Palestinian.
• Palestinians fought the Nazis.
• The Temple Mount is solely an Islamic holy site.
• Palestinian maps reflect their goal of coexistence with Israel.
• Palestinians believe in nonviolence and a two-state solution.
• Palestinian leaders oppose normalization with Israel.

Peace Process

• Sudan
• Ceremony for Signing of the Declaration of Principles
• Morocco Establishes Diplomatic Relations with Israel
• Palestinian Maps Omitting Israel [Updated]
• Joint Statement of the U.S., Sudan, and Israel Announcing Normalization of Relations
• Background & Overview of 2000 Camp David Summit [Updated]f
• Joint U.S.-Soviet Statement of the Middle East
• Remarks By Leaders At Signing of Abraham Accords
• The Abraham Accords Declaration
• Abraham Accords Peace Agreement Between the United Arab Emirates and Israel
• Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations Between Israel and Bahrain

Public Opinion Polls

• American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
• Gallup Polls on American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
• American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
• American Opinion Toward the 2015 Iran Deal and Aftermath [Updated]
• American Opinion Toward Iran [Updated]
• Arab/Muslim Public Opinion Polls: Opinion Toward Hamas
• Arab/Muslim Public Opinion Polls: Opinion Toward Normalization [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes About the United States and U.S. Politics [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes Toward American Jews [Updated]
• Public Opinion in Saudi Arabia [Updated]
• Israeli Polls Regarding Peace with the Palestinians [Updated]
• Opinion Toward Rabin's Assassination [Updated]
• Arab Attitudes Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• American Attitudes Toward the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement [Updated]
• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]
• American Jewish Opinion Regarding Anti-Semitism

Terrorism

• Iran’s Sponsorship of Terror [Updated]
• History & Overview of Hezbollah [Updated]
• Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Date [Updated]
• Suicide Terrorism [Updated]
• Terrorist Bombings in Argentina [Updated]
• Number of Terrorism Fatalities in Israel [Updated]
• Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel [Updated]
• Number of Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel [Graph] [Updated]
• Israeli Targeted Killings of Terrorists [Updated]
• Palestinian Authority Financing of Terrorism [Updated]

U.S.-Israel Relations

• Arrow Missile Program  [Updated]
• Binational Industrial Research & Development Foundation (BIRD) [Updated]
• US-Israel Binational Foundation Grants by State [Updated]
• History & Overview of U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel [Updated]
• US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) [Updated]
• Senate Votes to Maintain U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem (February 5, 2021)
• Juniper Falcon 21 Joint U.S.-Israel Exercise (February 3, 2021)
• The Iron Dome Missile Defense System [Updated]
• Trump and Israel [Updated]
• U.S. Reassured After Dimona Inspection (February 6, 1965)
• Kissinger Debrief On Meetings With Israeli Officials (February 1, 1965)
• Briefing of Dimona Inspection Team (January 14, 1965)
• Eshkol Resignation, Israel’s Cabinet Crisis and the Dimona Inspection (December 15, 1964)
• Israel’s Request to Defer Inspection of the Dimona Reactor (November 5, 1964)
• LBJ Tells Eshkol Dimona Inspection Imperative (November 24, 1964)
• U.S. Unhappy with Dimona Inspection Schedule (December 14, 1964)
• Rusk Talking Points for LBJ on Dimona Inspections (November 19, 1964)
• Technical Assessment of Israeli Nuclear Program (November 5, 1964)
• Komer Memo To Johnson Regarding Eshkol Visit (May 28, 1964)
• Amb. Barbour Recommends Compromise On Inspections (November 2, 1964)
• Negative Reaction to Eshkol Request to Delay Inspections (October 30, 1964)
• Dangers of Delaying Israel’s Request to Defer Dimona Inspection (October 29, 1964)
• Recommendation to Threaten Israel With Aid Cutoff  Without Nuclear Inspections (October 28, 1964)
• Komer to Bundy Regarding Eshkol and Dimona Inspections (October 20, 1964)
• Johnson, Eshkol Exchange Views on Tanks, Egypt, Inspections, and Water (June 1, 1964)
• Robert Komer to LBJ Regarding Eshkol Concessions (June 3, 1964)
• Peres, Eshkol, and Meir on Nuclear Weapons in the Near East (April 21, 1964)
• Eshkol Discusses Assurances to Nasser Regarding Nuclear Program (March 23, 1964)
• Israeli Military Equipment Used by the U.S. [Updated]
• Joe Biden Administration

The Virtual Jewish World

• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [Updated]
• Scotland [Updated]
• Aberdeen,  Scotland [Updated]
• Glasgow, Scotland [Updated]
• Edinburgh, Scotland [Updated]
• Toulouse, France
• Mainz, Germany
• Myanmar [Updated]
• Kosovo [Updated]
• Sudan [Updated]
• Uganda [Updated]
• Morocco [Updated]
• Luxembourg [Updated]
• Germany [Updated]
• Tajikistan [Updated]
• Austria [Updated]
• Cuba [Updated]
• Porto, Portugal
• Casablanca, Morocco [Updated]
• Virgin Islands [Updated]
• United Arab Emirates [Updated]