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

• Chanukah (December 7-15, 2023)

Upcoming Anniversaries

• Kibbutz Degania Founded (December 1909)
• 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)
• Ben-Gurion Rejects International Status for Jerusalem (December 5, 1949)
• 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)
• 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)
• Ben-Gurion Resigns, Is Succeeded by Sharett (December 7, 1953)
• U.S. Declares War On Japan (December 8, 1941)
• First Death Camp – Chelmno – Opens (December 8, 1941)
• Jewish Leaders Press FDR to Act Against Hitler (December 8, 1942)
• The Krupp War Crimes Trial (December 8, 1942)
• Golda Meir Dies (December 8, 1978)
• Turks Surrender Jerusalem to the British (December 9, 1917)
• First Zionist Congress After Holocaust (December 9-24, 1946)
• The Rogers Plan (December 9, 1969)
• Mass Rioting in Gaza Sparks First Palestinian Intifada (December 9, 1987)
• First Tower and Stockade Settlements Erected (December 10, 1936)
• Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland (December 10, 1942)
• Ralph Bunche Wins Nobel Peace Prize For His Role In Middle East Negotiations (December 10, 1950)
• Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Elected Israel’s Second President (December 10, 1952)
• Shmuel Yoseph Agnon and Nelly Sachs Win Nobel Prize For Literature (December 10, 1966)
• Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (December 10, 1978)
• Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Tenders Resignation (December 10, 2000)
• Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat Receive the Nobel Peace Prize (December 10, 1994)

Anti-Semitism

• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]
• Biden Administration Addresses Rise of Antisemitism and Islamophobia at Schools and on College Campuses
• Department of Education Letter Reminding Colleges to Address Discrimination
• Department of Education Reminds Schools of Legal Obligation to Address Discrimination
• H.Res.798 Condemning Support for Terrorist Organizations at Higher Education Institutions
• Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes [Updated]
• Victims of Hate Crimes Against Jews in the U.S. Graph
• Incidents of Hate Crimes Against Jews in the U.S. Graph [Updated]
• American Jewish Opinion Regarding Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• Biden-Harris Administration Takes Landmark Step to Counter Antisemitism
• States Adopt IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Definition of Anti-Semitism (IHRA)  [Updated]

Biography

• Henry Kissinger [Updated]
• Yahya Sinwar [Updated]
• Bashar al-Assad [Updated]
• Ismail Haniyeh [Updated]
• Tim Scott [Updated]
• Mike Pence [Updated]
• Gideon Sa’ar [Updated]
• Nikki Haley [Updated]
• Ron DeSantis [Updated]
• Vivek Ramaswamy [Updated]
• Jack Lew [Updated]
• Tzachi Hanegbi [Updated]
• Louise Glück [Updated]
• Drew Weissman
• Dianne Feinstein [Updated]
• Gabe Kapler [Updated]

History

• History & Overview of Hebron [Updated]
• Total Casualties, Arab-Israeli Conflict [Updated]
• The Hebron Massacre of 1929 [Updated]
• Sartre on Israel and Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• The Haganah [Updated]
• Bombing of the King David Hotel [Updated]
• Theater
• Secretary of State Dulles on Middle East Peace (August 26, 1955)
• Kennedy on American Leadership for Peace in the Middle East  (August 26, 1960)
• Joseph’s Tomb [Updated]
• Muslim Brotherhood Threatens Jews Refuses to Accept Israel (August 2, 1948)
• Egypt’s Seizure of the Bat Galim (September 28, 1954)
• Map of Jewish Communities Lost in the War of Independence [Updated]

Holocaust

• History & Overview of Westerbork [Updated]
• Bibliography & Bookstore - The Holocaust, Nazi Germany and World War II
• Pope Pius XII & the Holocaust [Updated]
• Knowledge of the Holocaust: American Teens and College Students [Updated]
• Escapee from Chelmno Documents Atrocities
• Allied Declaration on the Persecution of the Jews [Updated]
• “Righteous Among the Nations”: Historical & Legal Classification [Updated]
• Statistical Breakdown of Righteous Persons by Country [Updated]
• When Did the World Find Out About the Holocaust? [Updated]

Israel

• The Gaza War - Operation Iron Sword [Updated]
• Military Threats to Israel: Syria [Updated]
• Sports in Israel [Updated]
• Israel Consumer Price Index [Updated]
• Saudi - Israel Relations [Updated]
• Turkey-Israel Relations [Updated]
• Overview of Israel-Egypt Cooperation [Updated]
• The UN Relationship with Israel [Updated]
• Understanding Israel’s Debate Over Judicial Reform [Updated]
• Azerbaijan-Israel Relations [Updated]
• Concerts in Israel [Updated]
• Greece-Israel Relations [Updated]
• Israel Missile Defense Systems [Updated]
• The Iron Dome Missile Defense System [Updated]

Judaism

• Jews in the Biden Administration [Updated]
• Jewish Representatives in the United States [Updated]
• Jewish Senators in the United States [Updated]
• Jewish Population of the World [Updated]
• Jews in Major League Baseball (MLB) [Updated]
• American Jewish Population By Age and Affiliation
• American Jews by Religious Affiliation [Updated]
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• Dates of Upcoming Jewish/Israeli Holidays and Festivals [Updated]
• Speech and Lashon HaRah [Updated]
• Mixed Marriage & Intermarriage [Updated]

The Middle East

• President Biden on the Release of Hostages from Gaza
• History & Overview of UNRWA [Updated]
• Palestinian Authority: History and Overview [Updated]
• Statement from President Joe Biden on the Hostage Release in Gaza
• Call for Immediate, Durable and Fully Respected Humanitarian Ceasefire
• Security Council Resolution Expressing Concern with the Escalation of Violence in Gaza and Israel
• Military Options Against Iran [Updated]
• House Passes Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act
• Statement by President Biden on Delivery of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
• Joint Statement on Israel, Gaza, and Hostages
• UN Security Council Resolution 1373
• Biden and Iran Sanctions [Updated]
• U.S. Announcement of Humanitarian Assistance to the Palestinian People
• Iranian Ballistic Missile Program [Updated]
• Biden Contemplates New Iran Deal [Updated]
• Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program [Updated]
• The Humanitarian Channel in Qatar to Assist the Iranian People
• U.S. Foreign Aid to Egypt [Updated]

Myths & Facts

• Causing civilian casualties fighting Hamas will create more terrorists.
• No Israelis were massacred on October 7, 2023, and if any were killed, Israel was responsible.
• By attacking Gaza hospitals Israel is committing a war crime.
• “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is not a call for the destruction of Israel.
• Palestinians do not support Hamas or its goals.
• The massacre by Hamas can’t be blamed on Palestinian society.
• Israel is engaged in an illegal siege of Gaza.
• The Gaza War is just a continuation of the cycle of Palestinian-Israeli violence.
• Israelis are murdered by “militants.”
• The media accurately reports casualties in Gaza.
• Israel is using disproportionate force in Gaza.
• Gaza civilians have nowhere to go to avoid airstrikes.
• Gaza is the most densely populated place on earth.
• Israel must allow Palestinian refugees to return to their homes.

Peace Process

• Overview of Israel-Jordan Cooperation [Updated]
• Overview of Israel-Palestinian Water Issue [Updated]
• Map of Palestinian Autonomy [Updated]
• Mahmoud Abbas and Peace [Updated]
• Background & Overview of 2000 Camp David Summit [Updated]
• Operation Alpha (1955)
• Illegal Palestinian Construction in Area C
• Safe Passage, Seaport Agreements Finalized (August 23, 1999)
• Aqaba Joint Communique Regarding Palestinian-Israeli Peace
• The “Consensus” Settlements [Updated]
• Peres, Arafat Sign Cairo Agreement
• Expansion of the Abraham Accords [Updated]
• Mahmoud Abbas and Peace [Updated]

Public Opinion Polls

• Palestinian Opinion on War in Gaza [Updated]
• Palestinian Attitudes Toward Peace with Israel [Updated]
• Palestinian Attitudes About Terrorism [Updated]
• Palestinian Views on Internal Politics [Updated]
• American Opinion Toward Israeli Operations in Gaza [Updated]
• American Opinion Toward the 2015 Iran Deal and Aftermath [Updated]
• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]
• American Public Opinion Toward Foreign Aid [Updated]
• American Opinion Toward Israel As A Friend And Ally [Updated]
• American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
• U.S. Student Opinion Toward Israel
• American Opinion Towards Terrorism [Updated]
• Israeli Views on Society & Government [Updated]
• Israeli Opinions On Fighting with Hamas [Updated]
• American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
• Palestinian Views on Palestinian Society [Updated]
• Arab Attitudes Toward Normalization and the Abraham Accords [Updated]
• Arab American Opinions on the Middle East
• American Attitudes Toward the Peace Process [Updated]
• American Views on Palestinian Statehood [Updated]

Terrorism

• Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel [Updated]
• Palestine Islamic Jihad [Updated]
• Background & Overview of Hamas [Updated]
• History & Overview of Hezbollah [Updated]
• H.Res.798 Condemning Support for Terrorist Organizations at Higher Education Institutions
• Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act
• Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Date [Updated]
• Palestinian Authority Financing of Terrorism [Updated]
• Arab Bank Trial
• Hezbollah & the Destruction of Israel [Updated]
• Muslim Brotherhood [Updated]
• Shootings Targeting American Jews [Updated]
• American Victims of Terrorist Attacks [Updated]
• Iran’s Sponsorship of Terror [Updated]
• The PLO’s “Phased Strategy”

U.S.-Israel Relations

• H.R. 6125 Emergency Aid to Israel
• H.R. 3266 The Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act
• The Pro-Israel & Pro-Arab Lobbies [Updated]
• The Biden Administration and Israel [Updated]
• U.S. Ambassadors to Israel [Updated]
• Views on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2024 [Updated]
• History & Overview of U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel [Updated]
• House Overwhelmingly Adopts Resolution to Stand with Israel and Condemn Hamas
• Biden On U.S. Response to Hamas’s Terrorist Attacks Against Israel
• Senate Unanimously Adopts Standing with Israel Against Terrorism Resolution
• New York-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• UN Security Council Resolutions on Israel & the Middle East 2010-2023
• Remarks on the Terrorist Attacks in Israel by President Biden in Israel (October 18, 2023)
• President Biden on American Citizens Impacted in Israel (October 9, 2023)
• Joint Statement Supporting Israel By the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, and the UK (October 9, 2023)
• Trump Administration: Trump and Israel [Updated]

The Virtual Jewish World

• India [Updated]
• Mumbai, India [Updated]
• Germany [Updated]
• Azerbaijan [Updated]
• Canada [Updated]
• France [Updated]
• United Kingdom [Updated]
• Colombia [Updated]
• Alexandria, Egypt [Updated]
• Egypt  [Updated]
• Tunisia [Updated]
• Berlin [Updated]