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
- 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]
- 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]