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A room in the Jewish Museum of Oporto devoted to "Operation Thunderbolt," Israel's 1976 hostage-rescue raid at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Credit: B'nai B'rith International.

Jewish Museum of Oporto opens permanent exhibit on historic Entebbe raid

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The Jewish Museum of Oporto in Portugal on July 19 opened a permanent exhibit dedicated to “Operation Thunderbolt,” Israel’s historic 1976 hostage-rescue raid in Entebbe, B’nai B’rith International announced. “The is aimed at educating...
The rescued Air France passengers and crew coming off an Israel Air Force Hercules plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport, July 1976. Credit: Israel Government Press Office.

The French pilot who stayed with his Jewish passengers at Entebbe

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We live in a time when it seems as if the guard rails that briefly deterred the spread of anti-Semitism have collapsed. That seems particularly true in Europe, where the memory of the Holocaust has...

A need to reconnect the Diaspora with Israeli Jews

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Throughout our years of Jewish education and Israeli history, we have been taught that May 14th marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Jewish people. It is a day on which the...