American Contributions to Israeli Independence Depicted in ‘Eyewitness 1948’
Erin Ben-Moche
May 9, 2019
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israeli independence day
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Dominik Doehler, ZAVIT* Environment and Science News Agency
May 6, 2019
At Independence Day launch, Knesset speaker decries ‘offensive discourse’
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2016
Israelis shifted from mourning to celebrating as Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron) ended and Independence Day (Yom Haatzmaut) began.
In the wake of Boston Marathon bombings, Israeli Independence Day fetes are toned down
Jewish Journal
April 16, 2013
Israeli Independence Day celebrations in Boston were muted and security was increased in the wake of bombings that left three dead and dozens injured at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Israeli-Palestinian tensions rise in Jerusalem, West Bank as Nakba Day nears
Jewish Journal
May 13, 2011
Israel Defense Force soldiers and Palestinians clashed on Friday throughout the West Bank, days before planned demonstrations to commemorate the Nakba.
Why Israel Matters
Jewish Journal
May 4, 2011
Zionism is like democracy. Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other kinds, and the same can be said, on its 63rd birthday, of the State of Israel. The Zionist project, in 2011, may be shot through with thorny problems, but it is still the best answer to the question it was designed to resolve, the so-called “Jewish Question.”
Stories of Pre-state Israel’s Helpers Now on Film
Jewish Journal
May 4, 2011
Ruth Stern could have lived a life of privilege and security in her native South Africa. Instead, in 1946, while still in her teens, she and two dozen other South African youths boarded a ship bound for Palestine.
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