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Upcoming Holidays and Commemorations:
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Fast of Gedalia (September 21, 2020)
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Upcoming Anniversaries:
Goering authorizes Himmler to prepare the Final Solution (July 31, 1941)
El-Al Makes First Flight from Tel Aviv to Paris (July 31, 1949)
Hitler Opens the XI Olympic Games in Berlin (August 1, 1936)
Prisoner Uprising at Treblinka Extermination Camp (August 2, 1942)
Iraq invades Kuwait starting first Gulf War (August 2, 1990)
Birthdate of Regina Jonas, First Female Rabbi in History (August 3, 1902)
Nazi Raid Uncovers Anne Frank's Hiding Place (August 4, 1944)
Cuba's First Synagogue Founded by 11 American Jews (August 5, 1906)
Victims of Bulgarian Attack on El AL Plane Buried in Tel Aviv (August 5, 1955)
Future Financier Jacob Schiff Arrives in the U.S. (August 6, 1865)
Benny Friedman Inducted Into NFL Hall of Fame (August 7, 2005)
War of Attrition Ends (August 8, 1970)
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
- History of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement
- International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Definition of Anti-Semitism [Updated]
- Intersectionality and Israel
- State anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
- University Statements Rejecting Divestment and the Academic Boycott of Israel [Updated]
- Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
- BDS: In Their Own Words [Updated]
- Anti-Semitic Incidents in the United States Graph
- Anti-Semitism or Antisemitism?
- Joel Spingarn
- Edward “Eddie” Jacobson [Updated]
- Barbara Jean Ostfeld [Updated]
- Orit Farkash-Hacohen
- Avraham Stern [Updated]
- Gilad Erdan [Updated]
- Ahad Ha’am [Updated]
- Haj Amin al-Husseini - Mufti of Jerusalem [Updated]
- Carl Reiner [Updated]
- Michael Kremer
- George Patton [Updated]
- Gabi Ashkenazi [Updated]
- Arthur Balfour [Updated]
- Aristides de Sousa Mendes [Updated]
- Quotes from Arab and Islamic Leaders Regarding Jews and Israel [Updated]
- Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plans [Updated]
- Palestinians have the right to sell land to Jews [Updated]
- 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)
- Senators Ask Truman To Push For 100,000 Jews To Be Allowed Into Palestine
- When Churchill Nearly Met Hitler
- Sen. Myers Expresses Concern to Truman Over Trusteeship Proposal
- Text of the Peel Commission Report
- The Forgotten Tiberias Pogrom of 1938
- Black-Jewish Relations in the United States [Updated]
- Jacobson Appeals to Truman on Partition, President Responds Negatively
- State Department Recommends Replacing Partition Resolution
- Jacobson Appeals to Truman on Partition, President Responds Negatively
- Truman Told Not To Support Pro-Zionist American Christian Palestine Committee
- In Message to Truman Atlee Expresses Anger Over King David Bombing, Hope for Peace
- American Council for Judaism Expresses Opposition to Zionism to Truman
- Holocaust Quiz [Updated]
- Holocaust Quiz Answers [Updated]
- Documenting Numbers of Victims of the Holocaust & Nazi Persecution [Updated]
- The Last Nazi Trials [Updated]
- Berga am Elster Photographs [Updated]
- List of Major Companies Involved in the Concentration Camps [Updated]
- The Pro-Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden
- Eisenhower Inspects the Newly Liberated Ohrdruf Concentration Camp [Updated]
- The Tragedy of the S.S. St. Louis [Updated]
- Who's Who in Nazi Germany
- Israeli President Rejects Eichmann’s Request For A Pardon
- Never Again Education Act
- Israel Quiz [Updated]
- Military Threats to Israel: Syria [Updated]
- Israeli Humanitarian Operations [Updated]
- History & Overview of India-Israel Relations [Updated]
- Little Known Israeli Archaeological Sites
- Syria Military Threat to Israel [Updated]
- Israeli Foods: Breakfast
- Israeli Foods: Appetizers [Updated]
- Israeli Foods: Vegetables & Salads [Updated]
- Israeli Foods: Soups [Updated]
- Weizmann Explains Israeli Position at Lausanne Negotiations
- The 10 Most Iconic Archaeological Sites In Israel
- Weizmann Asks Truman to Recognize Jewish State, President is Noncommittal
- Israel-UAE Relations [Updated]
- Israeli Space Research & Development [Updated]
- Israeli Ambassadors to the United Nations [Updated]
- The Status of Arabs in Israel [Updated]
- The Bedouin in Israel [Updated]
- Weizmann Asks Truman to Intervene with British Over Armistice with Egypt
- Weizmann Asks Truman to Ensure Negev Remains Part of Israel
- Lehi (Stern Gang) Museum
- Jewish Foods: Side Dishes [Updated]
- Jewish Nobel Prize Laureates [Updated]
- Forget Israel – The Future is in Berlin! Local Jews, Russian Immigrants, and Israeli Jews in Berlin and Across Germany
- Synagogues of Germany [Updated]
- Is Marijuana Kosher? [Updated]
- Proclamation on Jewish American Heritage Month - 2020
- Jewish Olympic Medalists [Updated]
- Jews in the Trump Administration [Updated]
- Jews in the National Football League (NFL) [Updated]
- The 2020 Democratic Platform on the Middle East
- Trump Administration Sanctions Impact on Iran [Updated]
- Military Options Against Iran [Updated]
- Iranian Ballistic Missile Program [Updated]
- Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program [Updated]
- Reports on Religious Freedom: Saudi Arabia
- The Jericho Conference on Palestine-Jordan Unity
- Palestinians Seek Union of Palestine and Jordan Under King Abdullah
- U.S. Recognition of Transjordan
- U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran [Updated]
- Features of the Trump Peace Plan [Updated]
- The Conclusion of the Camp David Summit
- Understanding The Application of Israeli Sovereignty to the West Bank [Updated]
- The Oslo Accords and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process
- Jewish Settlements in the Jordan Valley [Updated]
- The Jordan Valley “Annexation” Map
- The Settlement Blocs Map
- European Parliament Condemns Palestinian Authority Textbooks
- Understanding Israeli Interests in the E1 Area: Contiguity, Security, and Jerusalem
- American Attitudes Toward the Peace Process [Updated]
- American Sympathy Toward Israel and the Arabs/Palestinians [Updated]
- American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
- American Public Opinion: Views Toward Foreign Aid [Updated]
- American Attitudes Toward the Intifada [Updated]
- Israeli Opinion On Religious Matters [Updated]
- Israeli Opinion on Discrimination [Updated]
- Attitudes of Israeli Arabs [Updated]
- Israeli Views on Society & Government [Updated]
- Public Opinion in Jordan [Updated]
- Public Opinion in Egypt [Updated]
- Palestinian Views on Internal Politics [Updated]
- Palestinians Attitudes About Terrorism [Updated]
- Palestinian Attitudes Toward Boycott of Israel [Updated]
- Graph of Gallup Polls on Palestinian Statehood
- Terrorist Bombing of Hebrew University Cafeteria
- The Entebbe Rescue Operation [Updated]
- Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Date [Updated]
- State Sponsors of Terrorism: Iran 2019
- Middle East Country Reports on Terrorism (2019)
- Palestinian Suicide Attacks Against Israel Graph [Updated]
- Palestinian Suicide Attacks and Israeli Deaths
- Number of Terrorism Fatalities in Israel [Updated]
- Suicide Terrorism [Updated]
- Trump and Israel [Updated]
- Truman Informs Marshall He Will Grand De Jure Recognition to Israel
- Views on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2020: Joe Biden [Updated]
- Congressmen Call on Truman to Abandon Trusteeship and Support Partition
- UN Delegations Angered By U.S. Recognition of Israel
- Truman Says the Palestine Problem Is “Insoluble”
- Truman Says American Jews Are “Very Emotional”
- Truman Says Jewish, Arab Lobbying Won’t Influence Him
- Eddie Jacobson Recounts His Role in Influencing Truman to Support Jewish State
- U.S. Threatens Israel Over Actions Following 1948 War
- McDonald Asks Permission to Attend Israeli Government Inauguration
- House Republican Letter Supporting Israeli Decision-Making on West Bank
- House Letter to Netanyahu Opposing Unilateral Measures
- Letter From 19 Democratic Senators Opposing Israeli Annexation
- Joint US-Israel Police & Law Enforcement Training [Updated]
- Obama Adviser on Emergency Aid to Israel
- U.S.-Israel Bilateral Trade Statistics [Updated]
- Nepal [Updated]
- Ukraine [Updated]
- Frankfurt, Germany [Updated]
- Long Beach, California [Updated]
- Argentina [Updated]
- Wurzburg, Germany [Updated]
- Bahamas [Updated]
- Iran [Updated]
- Italy [Updated]
- Norway [Updated]
- Hong Kong [Updated]
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