Mitchell Flint, American pilot who fought for Israel’s independence, dies at 94
Tom Tugend
September 18, 2017
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war of independence
The Israeli story of ‘Sipur Yisraeli’
Esther D. Kustanowitz
May 13, 2015
Visionary Zionist Theodor Herzl’s dream of a Jewish state came true in 1948, when Israel won what became known as Milhemet HaAtzmaut, the War of Independence.
Foreign fighters in Israel: 2014 isn’t 1948
Tom Tugend
July 25, 2014
Reading about the mass outpouring of mourners at the funeral for Max Steinberg, the 24-year old Angeleno killed fighting for Israel in Gaza, I was struck by a routine mention toward the end of the report.
‘Occupied territories’ is a flawed and biased term
Jewish Journal
April 8, 2014
When New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie apologized to Republican donor Sheldon Adelson for using the term “occupied territories” to refer to the West Bank, critics pounced. Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” ridiculed the apology, insisting that the phrase is “widely accepted” and accurate.
The pioneers: A revealing look at Israel’s early prime ministers
Tom Tugend
September 6, 2013
Moriah Films, the documentary-making arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, has bitten off another solid chunk of Israeli history in “The Prime Ministers,” a film based on the lively book of the same title by Yehuda Avner, who doubles as the chief narrator of the two-part production.
Mass Arab grave from 1948 war discovered in Jaffa
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2013
A mass grave holding the remains of dozens of Arabs killed during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence was unearthed at a Muslim cemetery in Jaffa.
Passover in Palestine — memories of seders in an Israel on the cusp of statehood
Jessica Steinberg
April 17, 2008
On the eve of Passover 1948, Rabbi Moshe Saks, known as Bud to his family and friends, was stationed in Jerusalem\’s Talpiot neighborhood, trying to figure out how to get Passover supplies and ammunition to the embattled Haganah soldiers in the Makor Haim neighborhood.
Nervous But United
Julie Wiener
November 16, 2000
In a speech that was the centerpiece of the North American Jewish federation system\’s gathering in Chicago this week, Israel\’s prime minister recalled being a small child when he heard of the United Nations\’ 1947 vote to partition Palestine.
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