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world war i
Episode 62 – When the World Fell Apart: 100 Years to WWI
Naor Meningher and Eytan Weinstein
October 30, 2017
World War I shells found in drought-hit Sea of Galilee
Jewish Journal
September 6, 2016
Receding waters in the drought-hit Sea of Galilee have uncovered five World War I artillery shells likely dumped by retreating Turkish troops a century ago, Israeli police said on Tuesday.
Obama awards Medal of Honor to Jewish World War I hero Shemin
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2015
A Jewish World War I veteran was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest military honor 97 years after his heroic actions against the Germans on June 2.
Israel sends delegation to Armenia for rites marking mass WWI killings
Jewish Journal
April 22, 2015
Israel has sent an official delegation to ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the mass murder of Armenians by Turkish forces during World War I.
Letter from Dijon, France
Jewish Journal
October 14, 2014
On my first day traveling in Dijon this past spring, I bounded into the hotel lobby and casually reached for a newspaper lying on the reception desk.
Stop pretending nothing happens in August
Jewish Journal
August 18, 2014
The month of beach vacations is also when World War I broke out, Hitler invaded Poland, and the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Legacies of the Great War
David N. Myers
July 2, 2014
The 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip — the act that started World War I — has occasioned ample debate about the impact and legacy of the conflict.
Palestinians and Israel as the ‘Jewish State’: Symptoms of neurosis
Rabbi Mordecai Finley
March 19, 2014
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, in an interview quoted in The New York Times, repeated his objection to recognizing Israel as a Jewish state.
The Torah of drones: Examining the complex morality of drone warfare
Rob Eshman
November 6, 2013
In 2009, an Israeli drone flying over the Gaza Strip transmitted back to its command station an image of a telltale rocket trail streaking toward Israeli territory. Many kilometers away, a young Israeli operator, Capt. Y, quickly maneuvered the unmanned aircraft to get a look at the young Palestinian who had just launched the deadly missile.
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