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A model of Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. Credit: Courtesy.

Historic ‘Glory of Israel’ synagogue set to reopen overlooking Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

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When Florida lawyer Brian Sherr first visited the ancient synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City more than four decades ago, the site lay in ruins. The area around the demolished structure was filled with garbage, the...
Israeli founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion declares independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The Holocaust is not why they fought, say 1948 veterans of Israel’s War of...

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Many see the creation of the modern-day State of Israel as part of a historical narrative, in which Israeli independence was a reaction to the Holocaust. “The catastrophe which recently befell the Jewish people—the...
Joe Woolf, part of the Machel foreign-fighters unit during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. Credit; Courtesy of the Woolf family.

Joe Woolf, 94, helped connect fellow veterans of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence

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Joe Woolf, a South African Jewish volunteer in the foreign-fighters unit Machal who conducted research that helped preserve that group’s legacy for 75 years after Israel’s War of Independence, died on Feb. 28 at...
Arab refugees in 1948. Photo: David Eldan

Israeli far-left is pushing to make Palestinian ‘return’ a viable option

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Israeli diplomats across the globe have recently been reporting that what, until now, has been limited to a discourse of accepting “the other’s tragedy”—namely, the story of the 750,000 Arabs who were forced to...
A scene from “Image of Victory,” a 2021 Israeli film to be released on Netflix on July 15, 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli film ‘Image of Victory’ to be released on Netflix

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Inspired by true events in 1948, Hassanin, an Egyptian filmmaker, is tasked with documenting a raid on the isolated kibbutz Nitzanim on the Israeli-Egyptian border. When the kibbutz learns of the impending army raid,...

‘A Will to Survive’ recalls Arab ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem’s Jews

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I recently stumbled upon a photography book shot by the acclaimed Life magazine wartime photographer John Phillips. The large, innocuous-looking book was simply titled, A Will to Survive. After flipping through the pages, I realized I entered a...
IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi (left) and IAF commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin (right) promote 105-year old IAF founding member Alex Ziloni to the rank of colonel, Feb. 19, 2021. Source: IDF Twitter.

105-year-old IAF founding member promoted to colonel

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Israel’s top military brass was on hand Friday for the promotion of Alex Ziloni, 105, to the rank of colonel in honor of his “many decades of dedication to the State of Israel,” the...
The Old City of Tzfat. Photo by Kayleigh Rappaport/Flash90.

‘Terror tunnel’ dating back to 1948 unearthed in Tzfat

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Work to upgrade the entrance to Tzfat’s Old City has unearthed an attack tunnel dating to Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. Experts believe that the tunnel was dug by local Arabs, who intended to...
Banai family on the rooftop of 13 Agas St., Jerusalem, 1949. Credit: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Photographic Archives.

‘Building’ Jerusalem: Tower of David exhibit features cultural icons

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Museums are in crisis all over the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the loss of visitor revenue, many smaller museums are being forced to close, and larger ones are postponing reopenings because...
The equestrian sculpture of George Washington at the center of Washington Circle, on the boundary of the Foggy Bottom and West End neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2010. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The problem when revisionist history becomes official dogma

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Angry mobs of activists are roaming American streets pulling down or defacing statues of historical figures. In some cases, governments and private institutions are joining their efforts by agreeing to take down examples of...