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

• Sukkot (September 29-October 6, 2023)
• Shemini Atzeret (October 6-7, 2023)
• Simchat Torah (October 7-8, 2023)
• Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day (October 27, 2023)

Upcoming Anniversaries

• The Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin (October 2, 1187)
• Birthday of Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890)
• Ben-Gurion Statement Accepting Partition (October 2, 1947)
• First Jewish Congregation Founded in Chicago (October 3, 1846)
• The Battle of Cable Street (October 4, 1936)
• Vichy Regime Creates “The Free Zone” (October 4, 1940)
• De-Gaulle Derides Anti-Semitic Laws of French Vichy Regime (October 4, 1941)
• Rescue of Danish Jewry (October 4, 1943)
• El Al Cargo Plane Crashes in Amsterdam (October 4, 1992)
• Suicide Bombing in Haifa Restaurant Kills 25 (October 4, 2003)
• Death of Louis Brandeis (October 5, 1941)
• The Diary of Anne Frank Opens on Broadway, (October 5, 1955)
• Raoul Wallenberg Becomes an Honorary U.S. Citizen (October 5, 1981)
• Rabbis March on Washington for European Jewry (October 6, 1943)
• Start of the Yom Kippur War (October 6, 1973)
• Egypt’s President Sadat Assassinated (October 6, 1981)
• Pope Gregory X Condemns Blood Libels Against Jews (October 7, 1272)
• Birthday of Nobel Laureate Neils Bohr (October 7, 1885)
• First Conference Of The Bund (October 7, 1897)
• Vichy Government Rescinds French Citizenship For Jews In Algeria (October 7, 1940)
• Revolt at Auschwitz-Birkenau (October 7, 1944)
• Brandeis University Founded (October 7, 1948)
• Hijacking Of Achille Lauro (October 7, 1985)
• Al Jolson Stars in The Jazz Singer (October 8, 1927)
• Habimah Theater opened in Moscow (October 8, 1918)
• U.S. Congress Passes “Global Anti-Semitism Review Act” (October 8, 2004)
• The Palmach Frees “Illegal” Immigrants From Atlit Internment Camp (October 9, 1945)
• Oskar Schindler Passes Away at age 66 (October 9, 1974)
• Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman Kidnapped (October 9, 1994)
• The General Government Set Up in Nazi Occupied Poland (October 10, 1939)
• Ben-Gurion: Clarification of Relations Between Israeli and American Jewry (October 10, 1951)
• Bones of Moshe Hess Brought to Israel (October 10, 1961)
• Pope Canonizes “Righteous Gentile” Maximilian Kolbe (October 10, 1982)
• Yitzhak Shamir Succeeds Begin After He Resigns as Prime Minister (October 10, 1983)
• Arabs Reject Peel Partition Plan (October 11, 1938)
• U.S. Declares Support For Partition (October 11, 1947)
• Saturday Night Live Debut (October 11, 1975?)
• Deal Reached for Release of IDF Soldier Gilad Shalit (October 11, 2011)
• Two Israeli Soldiers Lynched By Palestinians (October 12, 2021)
• IDF Sends Aid for Typhoon Victims in the Philippines (October 12, 2009)
• B’nai B’rith Founded (October 13, 1843)
• Jews In Rome Proclaimed Free (October 13, 1870)
• Dnepropetrovsk Massacre (October 13-14, 1941)
• Birthday of Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925) and Sacha Baron Cohen (October 13, 1971)
• Nazis Close Sobibor Camp After Prisoner Revolt (October 14, 1943)
• Operation Nickel Grass (October 14, 1973)
• Rabin, Peres, Arafat Win Nobel Peace Prize (October 14, 1994)

Anti-Semitism

• 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]
• American Jewish Students and Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• Bipartisan Letter Urging Education Department to Address Anti-Semitism on College Campuses (August 22, 2023)
• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]
• The Anti-Semitic BDS War on Celebrities (Review of Artists Under Fire: The BDS War Against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel)
• State Anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
• UN Security Council Resolution 2686 Condemning Anti-Semitism
• American Jewish Opinion Regarding Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• UK Taskforce Report on Understanding Jewish Experience in Higher Education
• The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism
  • Fact Sheet on U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism
• U.S. Department of Education Launches Antisemitism Awareness Campaign
• Ensuring Fair Housing Amidst Ongoing Religious Discrimination in the United States
• Letter From U.S. Department of Education to Educators Regarding Civil Rights of Jewish Students
• Anti-Semitism a Persistent Driver of Transnational Violent Extremist Narratives and Attacks
• Letter Urging Inclusion of IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism in UN Action Plan

Biography

• Dianne Feinstein [Updated]
• Gabe Kapler [Updated]
• Moses Jacob Ezekiel [Updated]
• Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma
• Pope Francis [Updated]
• Shabtai Shavit [Updated]
• Mahmoud Abbas [Updated]
• Oliver Cromwell [Updated]
• Stephen Sondheim [Updated]
• Julian Edelman [Updated]
• Emmanuel Moreno
• Vivek Ramaswamy [Updated]
• Leonard Bernstein [Updated]
• Nikki Haley [Updated]
• Rachel [Updated]
• Jeremiah [Updated]
• Aharon Barak [Updated]
• Karl Hass [Updated]
• Moses Maimonides (Rambam) [Updated]
• Ron DeSantis [Updated]
• Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu [Updated]
• J. Robert Oppenheimer [Updated]
• Tim Scott
• Chris Christie [Updated]
• Mike Pence [Updated]
• Yariv Levin [Updated]
• Itamar Ben-Gvir

History

• 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]
• Atarot [Updated]
• Kfar Darom [Updated]
• British Union of Fascists
• The Hebron Massacre of 1929 [Updated]
• The Potsdam Conference
• The Potsdam Declaration
• Report on the Tripartite Conference of Berlin
• The Yalta Conference
• The Yalta (Crimea) Conference Conclusions
• The Marshall Plan
• Republican Platform Calls for Implementation of Balfour Declaration
• Background & Overview - Israel War of Independence [Updated]
• Nakba [Updated]
• Statement by Christian Clergy: The Moral Responsibility in the Middle East

Holocaust

• 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]
• The Last Nazi Trials [Updated]
• What are Concentration Camps? [Updated]
• Swiss Bank Credit Suisse Maintained Nazi-Linked Bank Accounts
• Report of Two Million Jews Slaughtered (December 11, 1942)
• Germans Have Slain One-Third of 3,130,000 Jewish Poles and Plan to Exterminate the Rest (December 11, 1942)
• State Department Condemns Slaughter of Jews (December 17, 1942)
• The Enabling Act
• The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising [Updated]
• What Effect Did Nazi Propaganda Have on the German People?
• The Holocaust as a Moral Choice
• Could The Allies Have Bombed Auschwitz-Birkenau? [Updated]
• Holocaust Quiz [Updated]

Israel

• Greece-Israel Relations [Updated]
• Israel Missile Defense Systems [Updated]
• The Iron Dome Missile Defense System [Updated]
• History & Overview of the Israel Defense Forces [Updated]
• Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community in Israel: Facts and Figures [Updated]
• Statistics on Marriage and Divorce in Israel
• Statistics on Infant Mortality Rate in Israel
• Total Immigration to Israel by Select Country by Year [Updated]
• Infant Mortality in Israel Compared to OECD
• Life Expectancy in Israel Compared to OECD
• Birth, Death, and Natural Increase
• Prime Minister Netanyahu’s 2023 UN General Assembly Speech (September 22, 2023)
• Saudi-Israel Relations [Updated]
• UK-Israel Relations [Updated]
• Turkey-Israel Relations [Updated]
• German-Israel Relations [Updated]
• Total Immigration to Israel by Year [Updated]
• Fertility Rates In Israel by Age & Religion [Updated]
• Total Immigration to Israel by Continent and Year [Updated]
• Golda’s disservice to Golda (Review of the movie Golda)
• Latest Population Statistics for Israel [Updated]
• Statistics on Life Expectancy in Israel [Updated]
• Life Expectancy in Israel Table
• Jewish & Non-Jewish Population of Israel/Palestine [Updated]
• Israel: Population by Religion [Updated]
• Population of Israel/Palestine by Religion (1553-Present) [Updated]
• Population of Israel (1948-Present) [Updated]
• Understanding Israel’s Debate Over Judicial Reform [Updated]
• Lebanon Attitude Toward Israel [Updated]
• Military Threats to Israel: Iran [Updated]
• Sports in Israel [Updated]
• Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community in Israel: Facts and Figures [Updated]
• Paraguay-Israel Relations [Updated]
• Jerusalem: An Introduction [Updated]
• Bahrain-Israel Relations [Updated]
• The Status of Arabs in Israel [Updated]
• Netherlands-Israel Relations [Updated]
• The Christian Communities of Israel [Updated]
• Latest Population Statistics for Israel [Updated]

Judaism

• 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]
  • Graph
• Jews in the Biden Administration [Updated]
• Dates of Upcoming Jewish/Israeli Holidays and Festivals [Updated]
• Speech and Lashon HaRah [Updated]
• Mixed Marriage & Intermarriage [Updated]
• Jewish Voting Record in U.S. Presidential Elections [Updated]
• Jews in the National Football League (NFL) [Updated]
• Jews of Iran [Updated]
• Jewish Medal of Freedom Recipients [Updated]
• Jews of Syria [Updated]
• Jewish Representatives in the United States [Updated]
• Total Jewish Population in the United States [Updated]
• Jewish Population in the United States by State [Updated]

The Middle East

• Biden Contemplates New Iran Deal [Updated]
• Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program [Updated]
• Military Options Against Iran [Updated]
• Iranian Ballistic Missile Program [Updated]
• The Humanitarian Channel in Qatar to Assist the Iranian People
• Biden and Iran Sanctions [Updated]
• U.S. Foreign Aid to Egypt [Updated]
• The MAHSA Act - HR 9203
• The Fight CRIME Act - H.R. 3152
• India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor Overview
• World Leaders Launch a Landmark India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor
• Memorandum Of Understanding On The Principles of an India - Middle East - Europe Economic Corridor
• Reports on Religious Freedom: Qatar 2022
• Reports on Religious Freedom: Saudi Arabia 2022
• Reports on Religious Freedom: Syria 2022
• Reports on Religious Freedom: Tunisia 2022
• Reports on Religious Freedom: United Arab Emirates 2022
• Reports on Religious Freedom: Yemen 2022
• West Bank and Vicinity Map (1983)
• West Bank and East Jerusalem Population Map (January 1982)
• Relief Map of the West Bank (November 2008)
• Reports on Religious Freedom: West Bank and Gaza 2022

Myths & Facts

• The “right-wing” Israeli government allows illegal outposts to be built on Palestinian land.
• Palestinian summer camps are meant for fun, not indoctrination. [Updated]
• Gazans support Hamas’s rule.
• Palestinians protect holy sites.
• Ben & Jerry’s was justified in launching a boycott of Jews in “occupied Palestinian territory.”
• Israel should be barred from the U.S. Visa Waiver Program.
• Jordan agreed to extradite a terrorist who murdered Americans.
• Israel targeted children in Jenin.
• Installing an elevator for the disabled at the Cave of the Patriarchs is a “war crime.”
• The Palestinian Authority has stopped payments to terrorists.
• Israel held a cabinet meeting in a tunnel dug under the al-Aqsa Mosque.
• Israel assassinated a Palestinian hunger striker.
• Israel is responsible for the “Nakba.”
• Israel’s use of facial recognition technology is “racist.”
• Iran does not fund Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
• Israel prevented Christians from attending their Holy Fire Festival.
• Myths & Facts Arabic [pdf]
• Myths & Facts 2023 [pdf] 

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]
• The Oslo Accords
• Overview of Israel-Palestinian Water Issue [Updated]
• The Allon Plan
• Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership For Peace Act Of 2020 [Updated]
• Negev Forum Steering Committee Joint Statement (June 27, 2022)
• The Negev Summit
• Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II) [Updated]

Public Opinion Polls

• Israeli Polls Regarding Peace with the Palestinians and a Palestinian State [Updated]
• Attitudes of Israeli Arabs [Updated]
• Israeli Opinion on Talks with Saudi Arabia [Updated]
• American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
• American Views on Palestinian Statehood [Updated]
• American Opinion Toward Israel As A Friend And Ally [Updated]
• American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes About Other Nations [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes About the United States and U.S. Politics [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes Toward Iran [Updated]
• Israeli Opinion on Relations with Jordan
• Israeli Opinion on Relations with Turkey
• Israeli Opinion on Relations with Morocco
• Israeli Opinion On Religious Matters [Updated]
• Israeli Views on Society & Government [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes Toward Democracy in Israel [Updated]
• Arab World Opinion Index Polls [Updated]
• American Jewish Students and Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• Knowledge of the Holocaust: American Teens and College Students [Updated]

Terrorism

• Background & Overview of Hamas [Updated]
• History & Overview of Hezbollah [Updated]
• Muslim Brotherhood [Updated]
• Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel [Updated]
• Shootings Targeting American Jews [Updated]
• American Victims of Terrorist Attacks [Updated]
• Iran’s Sponsorship of Terror [Updated]
• Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Date [Updated]
• Palestinian Authority Financing of Terrorism [Updated]
• The PLO’s “Phased Strategy”
• Palestine Islamic Jihad [Updated]

U.S.-Israel Relations

• U.S.-Israel Stage Missile Defense Drill
• U.S.-Israel Missile Defense [Updated]
• Remarks by President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu Before Bilateral Meeting
• The Biden Administration and Israel [Updated]
• Photographs of U.S. Presidents with Israeli Prime Ministers [Updated]
• Trump Administration: Trump and Israel [Updated]
• Juniper Oak - Largest U.S.-Israel Military Exercise [Updated]
• The Evolution of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Alliance [Updated]
• Views on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2024 [Updated]
• New York-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Arrow Missile Program [Updated]
• Total U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel (1949-Present)  [Updated]
• Intrinsic Defender U.S.-Israel Naval Exercise 2023
• Washington-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Trump and Israel [Updated]
• Bipartisan Senate Letter Calls for Israel’s Admission to Visa Waiver Program (June 21, 2023)
• The Pro-Israel & Pro-Arab Lobbies [Updated]
• U.S.-Israel Sign Agreement to Support Climate-Smart Agriculture

The Virtual Jewish World

• Croatia [Updated]
• New York State [Updated]
• Porto, Portugal [Updated]
• Erfurt, Germany [Updated]
• Dublin, Ireland [Updated]
• Ireland
• Paraguay [Updated]
• Barcelona, Spain [Updated]
• United Kingdom [Updated]
• Cairo [Updated]
• Libya
• Guatemala [Updated]
• Singapore [Updated]
• York, England [Updated]
• Russia [Updated]
• Ukraine [Updated]