Tag: Israel 70th Anniversary

John Hagee is an evangelical pastor based in San Antonio, Texas. Having served in the ministry for more than five decades, Hagee leads a church with 20,000-plus active members. He is a Christian Zionist,...

John Stanley Grauel was credited by Golda Meir with having played a pivotal role in persuading representatives of the United Nations to end the British Mandate and partition Palestine. As Grauel was a Christian...

An American author of historical fiction, Leon Uris was known for his commitment to historical accuracy and extensive research. The people of Israel can be especially grateful that this literary giant brought the early...

Max M. Fisher, born to Russian-Jewish immigrants in 1908 and raised in Salem, Ohio, credited President Dwight D. Eisenhower for leading him to merge his passion for politics and philanthropy. In 1965, Fisher visited the...

For roughly three decades, The New Republic was America’s most influential magazine, owing much of its success to the talents of its editor and publisher, Martin Peretz. A gifted writer himself, Peretz also demonstrated a special ability...

Al Schwimmer was born in New York City in 1917 to Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. He became an engineer and pilot, gaining considerable experience and connections in the aerospace industry while serving as...

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was without question a great Jewish figure, and one of the greatest Jewish leaders of the 20th century. A talented and charismatic scholar, he was known across the world as simply...

The Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr was an American public intellectual and one of the leading thinkers of the 20th century. He was a rare figure whose writings on religion and foreign policy—such as Moral Man...

Many successful businesspeople struggle to think of causes to which they might devote their energies. This dilemma has never seemed to afflict Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. Sheldon, an entrepreneur and casino magnate, and Miriam, a...

Marie Syrkin was one of those Jewish children raised in Zionism as a way of life and as a creed. While others turned away, Syrkin embraced her calling, leading a most remarkable 20th-century Zionist...