Newest Additions to the Library

Newest Additions to the Library

Upcoming Holidays and Commemorations | Upcoming Ansniversaries
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

• Chanukah (November 28-December 6, 2021)

Upcoming Anniversaries

• Reagan Signs First MOU On Strategic Cooperation With Israel (November 30, 1981)
• Kibbutz Degania Founded (December 1909)
• Czarina Elizabeth Petrovna Expels Jews From Parts of Russia (December 1, 1742)
• Kindertransport (December 1, 1938)
• Death of David Ben-Gurion (December 1, 1938)
• Polish Jews Forced to Wear Star of David Armbands (December 1, 1939)
• Touro Synagogue Consecrated in Newport, Rhode Island (December 2, 1763)
• Arab Boycott of Israel Declared (December 2, 1945)
• Carmel Forest Fire Breaks Out (December 2, 2010)
• Jews Barred from Using Polish Post Offices (December 3, 1939)
• Attorney for IBM Visits State Department to Discuss Company’s Relationship With Hitler (December 3, 1941)
• King Manuel Signs Decree to Expel Portuguese Jews (December 4, 1496)
• December 5, 1949 - Ben-Gurion Rejects International Status for Jerusalem
• IDF Launches Operation Assaf to Conquer Negev Desert (December 5, 1948)
• Anwar Sadat Severs Ties With Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen (December 5, 1977)
• Finland Grants Jews Civil Rights (December 6, 1917)
• General Allenby Enters Jerusalem Finland Grants Jews Civil Rights (December 6, 1917)
• 250,000 March on Washington in Solidarity with Soviet Jews (December 6, 1987)
• U.S. Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital (December 6, 2017)
• Birthday of Per Anger – “Righteous Gentile” During Holocaust (December 7, 1913)
• Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)

Anti-Semitism

• Entertainment Industry Leaders Protest Cultural Boycott of Israel
• International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Definition of Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• Companies that Boycott Israel in Violation of State Laws by State [Updated]
• Anti-Semitic Palestinian Cartoons [Updated]
• EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life
• Swedish Government: It Is Everyone’s Duty To Stand Up Against Anti-Semitism
• Companies that Boycott Israel in Violation of State Laws [Updated]
• Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes [Updated]
• Background & Overview of the Arab Boycott of Israel [Updated]
• The History of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement [Updated]
• Senate Passes Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism
• Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
• State Anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]

Biography

• Michael Herzog
• Stephen Sondheim [Updated]
• Robert Smallbones
• Ida and Louise Cook
• Paul Rudd [Updated]
• Andrew (András) Keller
• John Kerry [Updated]
• Morton Keller [Updated]
• Selma Blair [Updated]
• Marc Stanley
• Tamar Zandberg [Updated]
• Isaac Herzog [Updated]
• Ralph Bunche [Updated]
• Aristides de Sousa Mendes [Updated]
• Joshua Angrist
• Alexander Hamilton [Updated]

History

• Roosevelt Letter to Hitler Calling For Peaceful Resolution of Conflict With Czechoslovakia
• The Crusades [Updated]
• Operation Uvda
• From the War of Attrition to the 1973 Yom Kippur War
• Berl Katznelson’s Socialist Zionism in  “Facing the Days Ahead”
• “Facing the Days Ahead” by Berl Katznelson
• Diver Finds 900-Year-Old Crusader Sword On Seabed Off the Carmel Coast
• Alfred Dreyfus & “The Affair” [Updated]
• Rare 2,700-Year-Old Toilet Uncovered in Jerusalem
• Origins of the Name “Palestine” and Palestinian Nationalism [Updated]
• History & Overview of the UN Human Rights Council [Updated]
• The History of Jews in Latin America
• History & Overview of the Golan Heights [Updated]
• Socialist/Labor Zionism [Updated]
• Background & Overview of the War of Attrition [Updated]

Holocaust

• The CIA and Adolf Eichmann
• The Capture of Nazi Criminal Adolf Eichmann – Operation Finale  – and His Trial [Updated]
• Righteous Diplomats [Updated]
• Statistical Breakdown of Righteous Persons by Country [Updated]
• German Police in the Nazi State [Updated]
• Holocaust Quiz [Updated]
• Holocaust Denier David Irving Loses Libel Suit [Updated]
• Labor and Internment Camps in North Africa
• Mary Berg: An American in the Warsaw Ghetto
• Vittel Internment Camp
• The Babi Yar Massacre [Updated]
• History & Overview of Bergen-Belsen [Updated]
• Belsen Prisoners Exchanged For Germans (June 1944)
• U.S. Airmen Sent to Buchenwald
• Pope Pius XII Saved Hundreds of Jews
• Dachau War Crimes Trials [Updated]
• Pope Pius XII & the Holocaust [Updated]
• The Sturmabteilung (SA)
• Adolf Hitler: Life in Photographs [Updated]
• Lions of Judah: The Jewish Commandos of the SIG
• U.S.-Germany Dialogue on Holocaust Issues

Israel

• Unveiling Jerusalem [Video]
• Equal Rights For Persons With Disabilities Law
• Total Immigration from Ethiopia [Updated]
• Total Immigration to Israel, by Country of Origin [Updated]
• The Situation of Ethiopian Jews in Israel [Updated]
• Beersheba [Updated]
• Overview of Israel-Jordan Cooperation [Updated]
• Israel-UAE Relations [Updated]
• Israel-China Relations [Updated]
• Concerts in Israel by Year [Updated]
• The UN Relationship with Israel [Updated]
• Uri Geller Museum
• The Status of Arabs in Israel [Updated]
• Percentage of Jews in Israel and the Disputed Territories
• More Palestinian Workers Allowed Into Israel
• Israel’s Commitment to Address Climate Change [Updated]
• Sheikh Jarrah [Updated]
• Israel Joins European Horizon R&D Program
• Jerusalem: An Introduction [Updated]
• The Temple Mount [Updated]
• The UN Relationship with Israel [Updated]
• Israel Quiz [Updated]
• Facts About Jewish Settlements in the West Bank [Updated]
• Background & Overview of the Arab Boycott of Israel [Updated]
• Women in the IDF Air Force, Navy, & Special Forces [Updated]

Judaism

• Jews in Hockey (International) [Updated]
• Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs (Ma’arat HaMachpelah) [Updated]
• Trends in American Jewish Demography [Updated]
• Total Jewish Population in the United States [Updated]
• Debate Over the Number of American Jews
• Jewish Sportscasters
• Jewish Population of the World [Updated]
• Metropolitan Areas With The Largest Jewish Population Worldwide [Updated]
• Jews in Major League Baseball (MLB) [Updated]
• Shootings Targeting American Jews [Updated]
• Jews in the Biden Administration [Updated]
• Jewish Nobel Prize Laureates [Updated]
• Takkanah
• Jews and the Wine and Liquor Trade
• Jews of Iraq [Updated]

The Middle East

• Military Options Against Iran [Updated]
• Biden Contemplates New Iran Deal [Updated]
• Middle East Regional Cooperation Program (MERC) [Updated]
• Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program [Updated]
• History & Overview of UNRWA [Updated]
• Palestinian Population Statistics [Updated]
• Arab Funding of American Universities: Donors, Recipients and Impact [Updated]
• EU Study Confirms Incitement in Palestinian Textbooks [Updated]
• History & Overview of UNRWA [Updated]
• Biden and Iran Sanctions [Updated]
• PLO Recognized As Sole Legitimate Representative of the Palestinians
• Quotes from Arab and Islamic Leaders Regarding Jews and Israel [Updated]
• Saudi Textbooks Show Improvement
• Total Palestinian Refugees [Updated]
• UNRWA in Figures (2020)
• Biden Resumes Aid to Palestinians [Updated]

Myths & Facts

• The Miss Universe pageant in Israel should be boycotted.
• The Biden administration has endorsed the “right of return.”
• Israel is trying to silence Palestinian human rights groups.
• Israel’s announcement of new settlement construction threatens the two-state solution.
• Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza boycott Israel.
• Boycott advocates are consistent and helping Palestinians.
• Building a permanent bridge to the Temple Mount is an act of religious war.
• Palestinians and their supporters care about Palestinian refugees.
• Israel makes no effort to avoid civilian casualties.
• The Jews have no claim to the land they call Israel.
• A Jewish terrorist tried to burn down the al-Aqsa Mosque.
• Jews have no right to pray on the Temple Mount.
• Hamas does not store weapons in civilian areas.
• The PA is punished for its human rights violations.
• The United States should reopen a consulate in Jerusalem.
• The Nation State Law proves Israel is undemocratic and discriminates against Arabs. [Updated]
• Most of the Palestinian casualties in Operation Guardian of the Walls were civilians.
• Israel is trying to kill Palestinians with expired COVID vaccines.
• Israel is engaged in the “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians.
• Israel tried to silence journalists by bombing their headquarters in Gaza.
• Israel intentionally killed 248 innocent Palestinians during Operation Guardian of the Wall.
• The Palestinian Authority should get U.S. aid for Gaza because it promotes peace with Israel.
• Israel used disproportionate force in Operation Guardian of the Walls.

Peace Process

• The Kerry Initiative (July 29, 2013 - April 23, 2014)
• No Peace Without Compromise [Updated]
• Expansion of the Abraham Accords [Updated]
• An Israeli Model For Peace With The Palestinians
• The Future Borders of Israel & Palestine?
• The Israeli Approach To Wye Negotiations and Subsequent Outcome
• Palestinian Maps Omitting Israel [Updated]
• EU Study Confirms Incitement in Palestinian Textbooks [Updated]
• Overview of Israel-Jordan Cooperation [Updated]
• Bennett and Gantz Renew Relations With Palestinian Authority
• History & Overview of Israel-Palestinian Negotiations [Updated]
• Facts About Jewish Settlements in the West Bank [Updated]

Public Opinion Polls

• Palestinian Views on Palestinian Society [Updated]
• Palestinian Attitudes Toward Peace with Israel [Updated]
• American Jewish Students and Anti-Semitism
• American Attitudes Toward the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement [Updated]
• American Jewish Opinion Regarding Anti-Semitism
• American Attitudes Toward Judaism, Islam and Other Faiths [Updated]
• Israeli Views on Society & Government [Updated]
• Israeli Opinion on Unilateral Measures [Updated]
• American Muslim Public Opinion
• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]
• Israeli Jewish Opinion Toward Israeli Arabs [Updated]
• American Jewish Opinion Toward Israel [Updated]
• American Jewish Opinion Regarding Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
• Survey of American Jews’ Political Values [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes Toward American Jews [Updated]

Terrorism

• Background & Overview of Hamas [Updated]
• Palestinian Authority Financing of Terrorism [Updated]
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) [Updated]
• Hamas Rocket Range from Gaza [Updated]
• Terrorist Bombings in Argentina [Updated]
• Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel [Updated]
• The Allenby Street Bus Bombing (September 19, 2002)
• FBI Releases Document On Saudi Role in 9/11
• The PFLP Hijacking of Five Planes [Updated]
• Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Date [Updated]
• Suicide Bombing on Jerusalem Bus Kills 23 (August 19, 2003)
• Major Palestinian Terror Attacks Since Oslo [Updated]
• American Victims of Terrorist Attacks [Updated]
• Suicide Bomber Kills Nine On Bus (August 4, 2002)
• Palestinian Terrorist Attack At Athens Airport (August 5, 1973)

U.S.-Israel Relations

• The Biden Administration and Israel [Updated]
• Pro-Israel PACs, Individuals, & Soft Money Campaign Contributions [Updated]
• U.S.-Israel Intelligence Collaboration [Updated]
• The Evolution of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Alliance [Updated]
• US-Israel Cooperation on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Plane [Updated]
• History & Overview of U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel [Updated]
• American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program (ASHA)
• Intel & Israel [Updated]
• Binational Industrial Research & Development Foundation (BIRD) [Updated]
• Illinois - Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Maryland - Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Louisiana- Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Arizona-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Florida - Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• New Jersey-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Washington-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• U.S.-Israel Joint Air Force Training [Updated]
• South Carolina-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• The Iron Dome Missile Defense System [Updated]
• U.S.-Israel Joint Naval Training [Updated]
• U.S.-Israel Operations Technology Working Group (OTWG)
• U.S.-Israel Relations: A Special Alliance [Updated]
• History of the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem [Updated]
• 200 House Republicans Send Letter to Biden Objecting to Reopening Consulate in Jerusalem

The Virtual Jewish World

• Chile [Updated]
• United Kingdom [Updated]
• Germany [Updated]
• Morocco [Updated]
• São Paulo, Brazil [Updated]
• Brazil [Updated]
• France [Updated]
• Greece [Updated]
• Taiwan [Updated]
• Paris, France [Updated]
• Ireland [Updated]
• Majorca [Updated]