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]
- 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]