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

• Yom Kippur (October 11-12, 2024)
• Sukkot (October 16-23, 2024)
• Shemini Atzeret (October 23-24, 2024)
• Simchat Torah (October 24-25, 2024)

Upcoming Anniversaries

• Two Israeli Soldiers Lynched by Palestinians (October 12, 2000)
• 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)
• Birthday of 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)
• Birthday of Prime Minister Moshe Sharett (October 15, 1894)
• Premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval Executed For Treason (October 15, 1945)
• Herman Goering Commits Suicide (October 15, 1946)
• “Operation Yoav” Begins (October 15, 1948)
• Birth of David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886)
• Nazi Roundup of Jews in Rome (October 16, 1943)
• Nuremberg War Crimes Trial Executions (October 16-17, 1946)
• Eisenhower Announces Johnston Mission (October 16, 1953)
• Death of Moshe Dayan (October 16, 1986)
• IDF Pilot Ron Arad Captured by Lebanese Forces (October 16, 1986)
• First Auto Da Fe in Mexico (October 17, 1528)
• Birth of Vladimir Jabotinsky (October 17, 1880)
• Leon Pinsker Published “Auto-Emancipation” (October 17, 1882)
• Birthday of Arthur Miller (October 17, 1915)
• Albert Einstein Arrives in The U.S. to Take Up Position in Princeton (October 17, 1933)
• Beginning of Arab Oil Embargo (October 17, 1973)
• PFLP Terrorists Assassinate Israeli MK Rehavam Ze’evi (October 17, 2001)
• Israel and the Soviet Union Resume Diplomatic Relations (October 18, 1991)
• Kidnapped IDF Soldier Gilad Shalit Returned to Israel (October 18, 2011)
• Jewish Astronaut Jessica Meir Joins First All-Female Spacewalk (October 18, 2019)
• Deportation of Jewish Fighters to Africa (October 19, 1944)
• Israeli Navy Fights First Major Battle (October 19, 1948)
• Simon & Garfunkel Release First Album (October 19, 1964)
• Dizengoff Street Bus Bombing (October 19, 1994)
• Dozens of Jews Killed during Pogrom in Donetsk, Ukraine (October 20, 1905)
• Lord Passfield Issues White Paper (October 20, 1930)
• Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Nelly Sachs Share Nobel Prize for Literature (October 20, 1966)

Anti-Semitism

• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]
• The Inverted Triangle: A Symbol of Hate
• Incidents of Hate Crimes Against Jews in the U.S. Graph [Updated]
• Anti-Semitic Incidents On U.S. Campuses Graph [Updated]
• Anti-Jewish and Anti-Islamic Hate Crimes in the U.S. Graph [Updated]
• Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes [Updated]
• American Public Opinion On Religious Discrimination [Updated]
• American Jewish Student Opinion and Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• Within Our Lifetime (WOL) [Updated]
• Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) [Updated]
• Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
• The History of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement [Updated]

Biography

• David Yosef
• Kamala Harris [Updated]
• Ben Schwartz
• Gideon Saar [Updated]
• Dan Tichon [Updated]
• Hassan Nasrallah [Updated]
• Peggy Lipton
• Jill Stein
• Peter R. Kann [Updated]

History

• Clark Clifford: The Politics of 1948 and the Jews (November 19, 1947)
• Historical Sites in Central Palestine (1918)
• British Seek to Avoid Israel Sanctions For Suez War (February 11, 1957)
• British Warn of Escalation Over Israeli Actions in Jerusalem (July 5, 1956)
• British Discuss Support For Israeli Protest of Egyptian Blockade (January 21, 1954)
• Dayan-Tuhami Meeting
• Massacre at Malmédy: Background & Overview [Updated]
• European Convention on AI and Human Rights
• UK on Arms Sales and Israeli Intentions (1955)
• Jewish Migration in the 21st Century
• Shalmaneser III [Updated]
• The Hebron Massacre [Updated]
• The Black Death [Updated]
• The Treaty of Sèvres
• Roman Rule (63 BCE-313 CE) [Updated]
• The Nazi Olympics [Updated]
• Jews in Hockey (International) [Updated]
• State Department Memo on Final Solution in Palestine
• Map of Jewish Refugees From Arab/Muslim Countries [Updated]
• U.S. Representatives to the United Nations [Updated]
• Arab Riots of the 1920’s [Updated]
• The Arab Revolt [Updated]
• No. 3 (Jewish) Troop of the No. 10 Commando [Updated]
• History & Overview of Hebron [Updated]
• Total Casualties, Arab-Israeli Conflict [Updated]
• The Hebron Massacre of 1929 [Updated]

Holocaust

• The Liberation of the Nazi Death Train: A Miraculous Rescue Near Magdeburg
• Dachau Gallery of U.S. Liberator Jack Rosendale [Updated]
• Letter From Eisenhower to George Marshall Describing Visit to Ohrdruf
• British War Cabinet Discusses Offer to Allow Jews to Leave Hungary
• Nazi Roots of Adidas
• The Last Nazi Trials [Updated]
• Bahlsen: Cookies, Cakes and Forced Labor [Updated]
• Generalgouvernement (General Government)
• History & Overview of Auschwitz-Birkenau [Updated]
• The Höcker Auschwitz Album
• Liberator Describing Dachau
• Estimated Number of Jews Killed in the Final Solution [Updated]

Israel

• Chief Rabbis of Israel [Updated]
• The Israel-Hamas War: Operation Iron Sword [Updated]
• Facts About Jewish Settlements in the West Bank [Updated]
• The UN Relationship with Israel [Updated]
• Military Threats to Israel: Iran [Updated]
• Latest Population Statistics for Israel [Updated]
• Israel and the International Criminal Court [Updated]
• New Hope Party [Updated]
• Prime Minister Netanyahu’s 2024 UN General Assembly Speech 
• Total Immigration to Israel by Year [Updated]
• Saudi - Israel Relations [Updated]
• Background & History of Israel’s Special Forces Units [Updated]
• The Best Countries in the World [Updated]
• Israel Defense Forces: History & Overview [Updated]

Judaism

• Jews in the Biden Administration [Updated]
• Dates of Upcoming Jewish/Israeli Holidays and Festivals [Updated]
• Jewish Olympic Medalists [Updated]
• Anti-Zionism Among Jews
• Jewish Population in the United States by State [Updated]
• Largest Jewish Populated Metropolitan Areas in the  United States [Updated]
• Jewish Population of the World [Updated]
• Statement from President Joe Biden on Passover
• Jewish Population and the Electoral College
• Jewish Population in Swing States for 2024 Presidential Election

The Middle East

• Military Options Against Iran [Updated]
• Biden and Iran Sanctions [Updated]
• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) [Updated]
• G7 Leaders’ Statement on Recent Developments in the Middle East
• Joint Statement Following the Ministerial Meeting of the United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
• President Biden and President Macron Call for Ceasefire in Lebanon
• The United States, the European Union, and Nine Other Countries Call for a Ceasefire in Lebanon
• Algeria [Updated]
• Bahrain [Updated]
• Egypt [Updated]
• Kuwait [Updated]
• Lebanon [Updated]
• Libya [Updated]
• Morocco [Updated]
• Oman [Updated]
• Saudi Arabia [Updated]
• Syria [Updated]
• Tunisia [Updated]
• United Arab Emirates [Updated]
• Iran [Updated]
• Iraq [Updated]
• Jordan [Updated]
• Qatar [Updated]
• The Arab Lobby: The American Component
• Biden Contemplates New Iran Deal [Updated]
• Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program [Updated]

Myths & Facts

• Nasrallah’s assassination sparked collective mourning across the Middle East.
• The inverted red triangle only symbolizes solidarity with Palestinians.
• Targeting Hezbollah through their communication systems was a war crime.
• Hezbollah only targets military sites in Israel.
• Israel is committing the war crime of “domicide.” [Updated]
• Israel rushed into a full-scale war with Hezbollah without giving diplomacy a chance. 
• Israel is using disproportionate force in Gaza. [Updated]
• Israel’s actions have caused polio to spread in Gaza. [Updated]
• Israel uses bulldozers to damage infrastructure to displace Palestinians.
• Israel is the Middle East’s only “ethnostate.”

Peace Process

• Ehud Olmert’s Peace Offer [Updated]
• American Attitudes Toward the Peace Process [Updated]
• Netanyahu Expresses Support for Two-State Solution (June 9, 2015)
• Saudi - Israel Relations [Updated]
• Overview of Israel-Jordan Cooperation [Updated]
• Overview of Israel-Palestinian Water Issue [Updated]
• Map of Palestinian Autonomy [Updated]
• Mahmoud Abbas and Peace [Updated]

Public Opinion Polls

• American Opinion Toward the 2015 Iran Deal and Aftermath [Updated]
• American Opinion Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy [Updated]
• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]
• American Opinion Toward Israeli Operations in Gaza [Updated]
• American Muslim Public Opinions [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes About the United States and U.S. Politics [Updated]
• Israeli Views on Society & Government [Updated]
• Palestinian Views on Internal Politics [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes About Other Nations [Updated]
• Israeli Opinion on War with Hezbollah [Updated]
• Israeli Opinions On Fighting with Hamas [Updated]
• Israeli Polls Regarding Peace with the Palestinians and a Palestinian State [Updated]
• American Public Opinion: Views Toward Foreign Aid [Updated]
• American Public Opinion On Religious Discrimination [Updated]
• Survey of American Jews’ Political Values [Updated]
• American Jewish Student Opinion and Anti-Semitism [Updated]

Terrorism

• Background & Overview of Hamas [Updated]
• Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel [Updated]
• History & Overview of Hezbollah [Updated]
• Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Date [Updated]
• Palestinian Authority Financing of Terrorism [Updated]
• Terrorist Bombings in Argentina [Updated]
• Mumbai [Updated]
• Israeli Targeted Killings of Terrorists [Updated]
• Terrorist Bombings in Argentina [Updated]
• Number of Terrorism Fatalities in Israel [Updated]

U.S.-Israel Relations

• University Chairs in Israel Studies [Updated]
• Biden On One Year Anniversary of the October 7th Attack
• Trump and Israel [Updated]
• The Biden Administration and Israel [Updated]
• President Biden and President Macron Call for Ceasefire in Lebanon
• President Joe Biden on the Death of Hassan Nasrallah
• The United States, the European Union and Nine Other Countries Call for a Ceasefire in Lebanon
• Vice President Harris on the Death of Hassan Nasrallah
• History & Overview of U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel [Updated]
• US–Israel Relations and Obama’s Mixed Legacy Followed by the Uncertainty of Trump [Updated]
• Views on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2024 [Updated]
• History & Overview of U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel [Updated]
• The Pro-Israel & Pro-Arab Lobbies [Updated]

The Virtual Jewish World

• Germany [Updated]
• Italy [Updated]
• Denmark [Updated]
• Netherlands [Updated]
• Australia [Updated]
• Ireland [Updated]
• France [Updated]
• Austria [Updated]
• Argentina [Updated]