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

• Tisha B’Av (July 26-27, 2023)

Upcoming Anniversaries

• Birthday of Novelist and Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow (June 10, 1915)
• Lidice Massacre (June 10, 1942)
• Mickey Marcus Killed (June 10, 1948)
• National Water Carrier Begins Pumping (June 10, 1964)
• Ceasefire Declares End to Six-Day War (June 10, 1967)
• Romania & Finland Join 10 Countries to Recognize Israel (June 11, 1948)
• Google Buys Waze (June 11, 2013)
• Birthday of Anne Frank (June 12, 1929)
• Rioters Kill 12 Jews in Libya (June 12, 1948)
• Kidnapping and Murder of Three Israeli Teens (June 12, 2014)
• Bergen-Belsen War Crimes Trial Commences (June 13, 1946)
• Harari Proposal Adopted Regarding a Constitution (June 13, 1950).
• Ben-Gurion on Danger of American Jewry’s Extinction (June 13, 1958)
• Israeli Troops Leave Southern Lebanon (June 13, 1979)
• Pope Benedict XIV Letter on Jews & Christians Living Together (June 14, 1751)
• Hezbollah Terrorists Hijack TWA flight and Murdered U.S. Navy Diver Robert Stethem (June 14, 1985)
• Netanyahu Speech Expressing His Vision for Peace (June 14, 2009)
• Haganah Formed (June 15, 1920)
• Egypt-Israel War of Attrition Unofficially Begins (June 15, 1967)
• Jews Expelled From Florence (June 16, 1527)
• Assassination of Hayim Arlosoroff (June 16, 1933)
• Nazi’s Declare Berlin as “Judenrein” (June 16, 1943)
• “Night of the Bridges” (June 16-17, 1946)
• Nixon is First U.S. President to Visit Israel (June 16-17, 1974)
• Future Nazi Leader Martin Bormann Born in Germany (June 17, 1900)
• S.S. St. Louis Returns to Europe (June 17, 1939)
• Ben-Gurion Report to the Provisional Government on the Military and Political Situation (June 17, 2023)
• Dayan Establishes “Status Quo” on the Temple Mount (June 17, 1967)
• Joint Statement By Richard Nixon and Yitzhak Rabin (June 17, 1974)
• Turkish-German Friendship Treaty (June 18, 1941)
• Eisenhower Discusses Atrocities at Press Conference (June 18, 1945)
• First Trans-Atlantic Charter Flight from Tel Aviv to New York (June 18, 1950)
• Knesset Resolution on the Limitation of Nazi Crimes (June 18, 1979)

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
• State Anti-BDS Legislation [Updated]
• Letter Urging Inclusion of IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism in UN Action Plan
• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]
• American Attitudes Toward the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement [Updated]
• Campus Divestment Resolutions in the USA [Updated]
• Incidents of Hate Crimes Against Jews in the U.S. Graph [Updated]
• Number of Countries Where Jews Are Harassed
• ADL Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents 2022 [Updated]
• Anti-Semitic Incidents in the United States Graph [Updated]
• Anti-Semitic Incidents On U.S. Campuses Graph [Updated]
• Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes [Updated]
• States Adopt IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Definition of Anti-Semitism [Updated]

Biography

• Ron DeSantis
• Mike Pence [Updated]
• Emanuel Ringelblum [Updated]
• Andrei Tudor
• Tom Nides [Updated]
• Albert Einstein [Updated]
• Anne Frank [Updated]
• Eli Cohen
• Pinchas Rutenberg [Updated]
• Nelson Mandela [Updated]
• Benny Begin [Updated]
• Andy Ram [Updated]
• Gregory [Updated]
• Steven Spielberg [Updated]
• Rich Stotter
• Aryeh Deri [Updated]
• Amir Ohana
• Yoav Galant [Updated]
• Yariv Levin [Updated]
• Itamar Ben-Gvir
• Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu [Updated]

History

• Background & Overview - Israel War of Independence [Updated]
• Nakba [Updated]
• Statement by Christian Clergy: The Moral Responsibility in the Middle East
• Weizmann Tells Truman Choice for Jewish People is Statehood or Extermination
• Aide-Mémoire Given By Weizmann to Truman on Urgent Israeli Needs
• State Department Near East Director Henderson Accuses Zionists of Aggression Against Arabs of Palestine
• Weizmann Meets Truman, Asks for Arms and Loan
• Ben-Gurion Informs Cabinet of Eichmann’s Capture
• The Six-Day War: Egypt Reimposes a Blockade on the Straits of Tiran [Updated]
• Papal Bulls [Updated]
• The Nazi Persecution Of Black People In Germany
• The Kings of Ancient Israel [Updated]
• Virginia Jewish History [Updated]
• J’Accuse...! (I Accuse) [Updated]
• Innocent [Updated]
• Origins of the Name “Palestine” and Palestinian Nationalism [Updated]
• Adolf Hitler’s First Speech as Chancellor of Germany (February 10, 1933)
• Background & Overview of Al-Aqsa Intifada [Updated]
• Text of the Proposed Constitution for the State of Israel
• Text of the Bernadotte Plan
• Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator in Palestine
• British Atrocities in Palestine During Mandate
• Arab Claims of Jewish Atrocities
• History & Overview of UNRWA [Updated]
• UN Mediator Asks US For Marines to Protect Jerusalem (July 20, 1948)
• History & Overview of the Palestinian Refugees [Updated]

Holocaust

• 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

• Israeli Humanitarian Operations [Updated]
• Concerts in Israel by Year [Updated]
• The UN Relationship with Israel [Updated]
• The Iron Dome Missile Defense System [Updated]
• Tel Aviv University (Updated)
• Saudi - Israel Relations [Updated]
• Jerusalem: An Introduction [Updated]
• Overview of Israel-Egypt Cooperation
• Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community in Israel: Facts and Figures [Updated]
• Military Threats to Israel: Iran [Updated]
• Operation Shield and Arrow
• Population of Jerusalem [Updated]
• Military Threats to Israel: Syria [Updated]
• LGBT Rights in Israel [Updated]
• Ukraine-Israel Relations [Updated]

Judaism

• Jews of Iran [Updated]
• Jewish Medal of Freedom Recipients [Updated]
• Jews in the Biden Administration [Updated]
• Jews of Syria [Updated]
• Mixed Marriage & Intermarriage [Updated]
• Synagogues of the World: United Arab Emirates
• Jews in Tennis [Updated]
• Jewish Population of the World [Updated]
• Seder [Updated]
• Jewish Members of the 118th Congress [Updated]
• Bene Menashe [Updated]
• Jews in Soccer [Updated]
• Jewish Representatives in the United States [Updated]
• Jewish Sportscasters [Updated]
• Total Jewish Population in the United States [Updated]
• Jewish Population in the United States by State [Updated]
• Largest Jewish Populated Metropolitan Areas in the  United States [Updated]

The Middle East

• Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs (Ma’arat HaMachpelah) [Updated]
• Biden Contemplates New Iran Deal [Updated]
• Biden and Iran Sanctions [Updated]
• History & Overview of UNRWA [Updated]
• Iran Continues to Advance Nuclear Program [Updated]
• Saudi Textbooks Show Improvement [Updated]
• Iran’s Main Nuclear Facilities [Updated]
• Background & Overview of the Arab League [Updated]
• Military Options Against Iran [Updated]
• U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Report
• UNRWA Schools Glorify Terrorism, Encourage Martyrdom, Demonize Israelis, and Incite Anti-Semitism
• Arab Funding of American Universities: Donors, Recipients and Impact 2023
• Report on Human Rights Practices for 2022 - West Bank and Gaza
• United Nations Member States Voting Records: Voting Coincidence with the United States [Updated]
• Quotes from Arab and Islamic Leaders Regarding Jews and Israel [Updated]
• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) [Updated]
• UN General Assembly Resolutions on Israel & the Middle East 2021-2022 [Updated]
• Iranian Ballistic Missile Program [Updated]
• Iran’s Space Program [Updated]

Myths & Facts

• 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] 
• Israel stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent Muslim prayers during Ramadan.
• Myths & Facts: Delegitimization of Israel [Updated]
• Myths & Facts: The Media [Updated]
• Myths & Facts: The Iranian Threat [Updated]
• Myths and Facts: Israeli Settlements [Updated]
• Myths & Facts: The Middle East Peace Process [Updated]
• Myths & Facts: The Gaza Strip [Updated]

Peace Process

• 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]
• Overview of Israel-Jordan Cooperation [Updated]
• Mahmoud Abbas and Peace [Updated]
• The Oslo Accords
• Arab World Opinion Index Polls [Updated]
• Israeli Views on Society & Government [Updated]
• Israeli Attitudes Toward Democracy in Israel [Updated]
• Palestinian Views on Palestinian Society [Updated]
• 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

• American Jewish Opinion Regarding Anti-Semitism [Updated]
• American Jewish Opinion On Religion in Public Life [Updated]
• American Jewish Opinion On Jewish Identity and Judaism
• Israeli Attitudes Toward Democracy in Israel [Updated]
• Israeli Views on Society & Government [Updated]
• American Attitudes Toward the Peace Process [Updated]
• Palestinian Views on Palestinian Society [Updated]
• Arab Attitudes Toward Normalization and the Abraham Accords [Updated]
• Arab Attitudes Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict [Updated]
• American Attitudes Toward the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement [Updated]
• American Public Opinion Toward Israel: An Overview [Updated]
• Support For Israel Among Evangelicals
• Palestinian Attitudes Toward Peace with Israel [Updated]
• Favorability Polls [Updated]
• Palestinian Attitudes About Terrorism [Updated]
• American Attitudes Toward Judaism, Islam and Other Faiths
• Polls Regarding Anti-Semitism in the United States [Updated]

Terrorism

• Palestinian Authority Financing of Terrorism [Updated]
• Israeli Targeted Killings of Terrorists [Updated]
• The PLO’s “Phased Strategy”
• History & Overview of Hezbollah [Updated]
• Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Date [Updated]
• Palestine Islamic Jihad [Updated]
• Background & Overview of Hamas [Updated]
• Rocket & Mortar Attacks Against Israel by Year [Updated]
• Background & Overview: Munich Olympic Massacre [Updated]
• Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel [Updated]
• Middle East Country Reports on Terrorism (2021)
• Casualties in Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles [Updated]
• American Victims of Terrorist Attacks [Updated]
• Number of Terrorism Fatalities in Israel [Updated]
• Palestine Islamic Jihad [Updated]
• Operation Breaking Dawn [Updated]

U.S.-Israel Relations

• Florida-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Secret CIA Document Reveals Agency Unsure of Israeli Intentions Toward Iran
• The Biden Administration and Israel [Updated]
• U.S.-Israel Bilateral Trade Statistics [Updated]
• House Passes Resolution Supporting Relationship with Israel and Abraham Accords
• Delaware-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Washington, D.C.-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Georgia-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Hawaii-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Idaho-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Illinois-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Indiana-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Iowa-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Kansas-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Kentucky-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Louisiana-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Maine-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Maryland-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Massachusetts-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Michigan-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Minnesota-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Mississippi-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Missouri-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Montana-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Nebraska-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Nevada-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• New Hampshire-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• New Jersey-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• New Mexico-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• New York-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• North Carolina-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• North Dakota-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Ohio-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Oklahoma-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Oregon-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Pennsylvania-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Rhode Island-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• South Carolina-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• South Dakota-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Tennessee-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Texas-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Utah-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Vermont-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Virginia-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Washington-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• West Virginia-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Wisconsin-Israel Cooperation
• Wyoming-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Alabama-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Alaska-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Arizona-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Arkansas-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• California-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Colorado-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• Connecticut-Israel Cooperation [Updated]
• The Pro-Israel & Pro-Arab Lobbies [Updated]

The Virtual Jewish World

• Lebanon [Updated]
• Braunau am Inn, Austria [Updated]
• United Kingdom [Updated]
• Warsaw, Poland [Updated]
• Portugal [Updated]
• The Netherlands [Updated]
• Djerba, Tunisia [Updated]
• Japan [Updated]
• Gomel, Belarus [Updated]
• Estonia [Updated]
• Tykocin, Poland [Updated]
• Germany [Updated]
• United Arab Emirates [Updated]
• Ukraine [Updated]
• Kyiv, Ukraine [Updated]