Tag: Israel 70th Anniversary

Prior to the founding of the State of Israel, a large number of veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces made great contributions to the struggle to establish a Jewish national home. Much of this crucial...

In honor of the 70th anniversary of Israel’s first diplomatic mission, Israel’s ambassador to Poland re-enacted the moment when the flag of Israel flew for the first time in Warsaw. Israeli Ambassador to Poland Anna...

With the celebration of Israel’s 70th Independence Day, the Jewish state owes a profound debt of gratitude to countless individual Americans. Honorees include two presidents who made historic recognitions, senators and members of Congress who...

A recent profile of billionaire investor and philanthropist David Sanford “Sandy” Gottesman noted a rather remarkable fact: The Gottesman family has been a generous contributor to Jewish causes for nearly 150 years. Led by his...

By all accounts, Michael Steinhardt, has been a financial-investing genius. As The New York Times noted, original investors in his hedge fund, which opened in 1967, had by the time he closed it in 1995 made...

Robert Kennedy was a champion of the Jewish state from the start of his professional life in 1948 until the tragic end of his life 20 years later in 1968. He served as the...

Visiting the United States in the 1830s, the French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville marveled at how Americans organized themselves into associations that expressed their deepest convictions. Like their co-nationals, American Jews have displayed an exceptional...

Hubert Humphrey’s nickname was “The Happy Warrior.” The vice president, presidential candidate and longtime senator from Minnesota was given the moniker by other politicians who were taken by his consistently positive and upbeat manner, and...

Back in 2000, when Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore selected Connecticut Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman to be his vice presidential running mate, Lieberman became the first Jew on a presidential ticket in American history....

In many ways, the life of Arthur Goldberg exemplifies central pillars of the American Jewish experience. Born in Chicago in 1908 to poor Jewish immigrants from Russia, Goldberg graduated at the top of his...