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Richard Heideman, president of the American Zionist Movement, and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Source: Screenshot.

American Zionist Movement points to Muslim world as bright spot for Jews in dark...

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A lengthy interview with Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations executive vice chairman Malcolm Hoenlein wrapped up the three-hour long virtual national conference of the American Zionist Movement on Monday, during which...
CUFI chairman Pastor John Hagee speaking at the 2019 CUFI Washington Summit. Credit: Courtesy.

How CUFI has awakened the ‘sleeping giant’ of Christian Zionism

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This year, Christians United for Israel, one of the most powerful voices for Israel in the United States, marked its 15th anniversary. “We could never have imagined CUFI would achieve so much, so quickly. But...
Austro-Hungarian journalist and founder of modern-day Zionism Theodor Herzl. Source: YouTube.

AZM launches ‘Herzl 125’ to mark Zionist anniversaries

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The American Zionist Movement (AZM) is launching a “Herzl 125” initiative this weekend to highlight important Zionist anniversaries in 2021-22. Feb. 14 is the 125th anniversary of the 1896 publication by Austro-Hungarian journalist and father of modern-day...
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Credit: Flickr/R. Barraez D'Lucca.

Pro-Zionist letter by ‘father of modern China’ Sun Yat-Sen resurfaces in Israel

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The original, signed copy of a letter written by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, considered to be one of the greatest leaders of modern China, expressing support for Zionism has been rediscovered in the archives of...
Janice Weinman. Source: YouTube.

Hadassah CEO to step down after nine years at helm

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Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, announces that chief executive officer/executive director Janice Weinman will step down after nine years as the organization’s leader, effective July 1. During her tenure at Hadassah, Weinman worked in...

December 17, 1917: Dov Ber Borocho, Committed Yiddishist, Marxist Zionist and one of the...

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Born in the Ukraine, Ber Borochov was educated in a Russian high school. A good student, he was attracted by the revolutionary socialist trends of the time. Like most Jewish high school graduates, he...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Sdot Negev Regional Council head Tamir Idan on Nov. 8, 2020. Credit: Israel GPO.

Israeli government approves establishment of new town in Western Negev

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The Israeli government on Sunday approved the establishment of a new town, tentatively named Hanun, in the Sdot Negev Regional Council adjacent to the Gaza Strip. The town, east of Kibbutz Saad, will initially...
Professor Edward Alexander. Credit: University of Washington.

A personal remembrance of Edward Alexander

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Shortly after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, a small group of Jewish students at the University of Washington in Seattle decided that they needed to be more active in educating the campus about Israel’s...
New immigrants from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 14, 2019. Photo by Flash90

You don’t have to be a Zionist to make aliyah

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When I made aliyah, I was not a Zionist. It’s a strange fact to share as most people know me as a proud American-Jew-become-Israeli who blogs about Israel, makes videos about Israel, wrote a book about...

June 16, 1933: Zionist Leader Haim Arlosoroff Was Murdered

Born in the Ukraine, Hayim Arlosoroff was taken by his parents to Germany in 1905 following a pogrom there. He went on to become a noted leader of the Labor Zionist movement in Palestine....