Newest Additions to the Library

When a major news story breaks – related to Israel, the Middle East or the Jewish world – the Jewish Virtual Library is here with facts and information to help you better understand and explain the issues.

Upcoming Holidays and Commemorations:
Tu B'Shevat (January 21, 2019)
Martin Luther King Day (January 21, 2019)
International Holocaust Commemoration Day (January 27, 2019)

Upcoming Anniversaries:
Operation Moses ends (January 5, 1985)
Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary (January 17, 1945)
First Iraqi Scud missiles hit Israel (January 18, 1991)
End to Operation Cast Lead (January 18, 2009)
Wannsee Conference (January 20, 1942)
Knesset proclaims Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (January 23, 1950)
Liberation of Auschwitz (January 27, 1945)
Meeting Between FDR and King Saud (February 14, 1945)

Newest Additions to the Library

Anti-Semitism | Biography | Fact Sheets | History | Holocaust | Israel
Judaism | The Middle East | Peace Process | Public Opinion Polls
Terrorism | US-Israel Relations | Virtual Jewish World

Anti-Semitism

• History of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement [Updated]
• University Statements Rejecting BDS  [Updated]
• Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes [Updated]
• Minister Louis Farrakhan - In His Own Words [Updated]
• Shootings Targeting American Jews

Biography

• Herzi Halevi
• Aviv Kochavi
• Gadi Eisenkot
• Benjamin “Benny” Gantz [Updated]
• Michael Bennet [Updated]
• Richard Blumenthal [Updated]
• Benjamin Cardin [Updated]
• Dianne Feinstein [Updated]
• Brian Schatz [Updated]
• Bernard Sanders [Updated]
• Charles Schumer [Updated]
• Ron Wyden [Updated]
• David Cicilline [Updated]
• Stephen Cohen [Updated]
• Susan Davis [Updated]
• Ted Deutch [Updated]
• Eliot Engel [Updated]s
• Lois Frankel [Updated]
• Josh Gottheimer [Updated]
• David Kutsoff [Updated]
• Alan Lowenthal [Updated]
• Nita Lowey [Updated]
• Jerrold Nadler [Updated]
• Jamie Raskin [Updated]
• Jan Schakowsky [Updated]
• Adam Schiff [Updated]
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz [Updated]
• Brad Sherman [Updated]
• Brad Schneider [Updated]
• John Yarmuth [Updated]
• Lee Zeldin [Updated]
• Dean Phillips
• Susan Wild
• Elissa Slotkin
• Kim Schrier
• Max Rose
• Andy Levin
• Elaine Luria
• Mike Levin
• David Kutsoff
• The First Palestinian-American Elected to Congress (John Hans Krebs)
• Moshe Arens [Updated]

Fact Sheets

• U.S. Crude  Imports by Country of Origin (2012-2017)
• Israel Population [Updated]
• Iranian Europe-Based Operational Activity (1979 - Present)
• Iran’s Ballistic Missile and Space Launch Programs (CRS, 2018)
• The Threat From Iran [Updated]
• Israel Space R&D [Updated]
• UNSC Resolutions [Updated]

History

• Meir Addresses UN Regarding Threats to Israel
• Golda Meir UN Speech Regarding Aqaba, Sinai and Gaza
• Jewish Representatives in the United States [Updated]
• Jewish Senators in the United States [Updated]
• Jewish Freedom Fighters of 1848 and Heroes of the Civil War
• Jewish Members of the 116th Congress
• Caesarea [Updated]
• OSS Operations End With Agents’ Executions in Mauthausen [Updated]
• The First Aliyah [Updated]
• Jesus, The Crucifixion, Pontius Pilate and the New Testament [Updated]
• Timeline of Jewish History in Austria
• History & Overview of Hebron [Updated]
• Ethiopia Virtual Jewish Tour [Updated]
• 1967 War: Israeli Leaders Discuss Future of Captured Territories

Holocaust

• The Prosecution of War Criminals
• The Last Nazi Trials [Updated]
• Britain Condemns Executions of Jews
• Kindertransport Fund
• The Kindertransport [Updated]
• Allied Declaration on the Persecution of the Jews
• British Reaction to Allied Declaration on Persecution of the Jews
• The Last Nazi Trials [Updated]

Israel

• Israel Committed to Peace - Address to the General Assembly by Foreign Minister Golda Meir [Updated]
• Directors of Military Intelligence (Aman) [Updated]
• Israel-China Relations [Updated]
• Directors of Military Intelligence (Aman)
• Lockheed Martin F-35 “Adir”
• Israeli Cooperation with Africa [Updated]
• Israel Election Timeline
• Syria Military Threat to Israel [Updated]
• Israel Resilience Party
• Israel Defense Forces Chiefs-of-Staff [Updated]
• Israel Defense Forces Chiefs of Staff [Updated]
• Concerts in Israel by Year [Updated]
• The Christian Communities of Israel [Updated]
• History & Overview of the Israel Defense Forces [Updated]
• Israel Ministers of Defense [Updated]
• Israel Ministers of Foreign Affairs [Updated]
• Oil & Natural Gas in Israel [Updated]
• The Situation of Ethiopian Jews in Israel [Updated]
• Israel Participates in NATO Medical Exercise
• NATO-Israel Joint Military Training [Updated]
• Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community in Israel: Facts and Figures [Updated]
• Ultra-Orthodox Jews Enlisting in the IDF or Serving in National Service [Updated]
• Israeli Cooperation with Africa [Updated]
• Israel-UAE Relations [Updated]
• The Situation of Ethiopian Jews in Israel
• The Hurva Synagogue
• Israel-Oman Relations

Judaism

• Jewish Nobel Prize Laureates [Updated]
• Jewish Population Metro Areas [Updated]
• University Statements Rejecting BDS [Updated]

The Middle East

• UNGA Resolutions (2010-Present) [Updated]
• UNIFIL [Updated]
• UNDOF [Updated]
• Israel-UAE Relations [Updated]
• Myths & Facts: Quotes [Updated]
• Trump Reimposing All Sanctions Lifted Under the Iran Deal
• Iran Nuclear History: Implementation of the JCPOA [Updated]
• U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians: FY 2018
• U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians: FY 2018 [updated]
• The Threat From Iran [Updated]

Peace Process

• Conversation between President Carter and Israeli FM Dayan in the Billiard Room at Camp David (September 17, 1978)
• Conversation between US and Egyptian Delegations at Camp David (September 11, 1978)

Public Opinion Polls

• American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
• American Attitudes Toward the Peace Process [Updated]
• Palestinian Opinion on Peace Prospects [Updated]
• Israeli Atittudes About Peace With Palestinians [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes Towards Other Nations [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes Towards Diaspora Jewry [Updated]
• Israeli Polls on Peace Process, Society, and Government [Updated]
• Peace Index Polls [Updated]

Terrorism

• Great March of Return [Updated]
• Israel Completes Operation Northern Shield [Updated]
• Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act Becomes Law [Updated]
• Background & Overview of Israel’s Security Barriers [Updated]
• History & Overview of Hezbollah [Updated]
• Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel
• Hamas [Updated]
• Treasury Sanctions Key Hezbollah, IRGC-QF Networks in Iraq (2018)
• U.S. National Strategy for Counterterrorism  
• Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017
• Foreign Terrorist Organizations
• Reports on International Terror: Middle East & North Africa Country Reports 2017
• Statistics on Incidents of Terrorism Worldwide
• State Sponsors of Terrorism: Iran

U.S.-Israel Relations

• American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
• Congress & the Middle East [Updated]
• Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
• Anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
• Kentucky-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• NASA, Israel Space Agency Sign Agreement for Commercial Lunar Cooperation
• Louisiana- Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• U.S. Embassy Merges With Consulate General in Jerusalem
• Closure of PLO Office in Washington DC
• U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority, FY 2018
• Israel-NASA Collaboration [Updated]

The Virtual Jewish World

• Iraq [Updated]
• Malaysia [Updated]
• Scotland [Updated]
• Croatia [Updated]
• The Netherlands [Updated]
• Egypt [Updated]
• Australia [Updated]
• Czech Republic [Updated]
• Zambia [Updated]