“Patterson was one of the founding fathers of the Hebrew Defense Force in Israel, and the first commander of a Jewish, organized and official military force since the days of Bar Kochba.” By David Isaac, Executive Director Perhaps because they …
[Dear Members, Today we have a special guest column by Arthur Rothstein from Phoenix, Arizona. Arthur uses our videos to teach his children and was inspired by ZionismU to make a sukkah decoration featuring Zionism’s founders.] By Arthur Rothstein, Guest …
By David Isaac, Executive Director Thanks to our friends at Piece of History, we have a new figurine in our shop – Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. It’s all the excuse we need to talk about this remarkable Zionist, who was a peculiar …
By David Isaac, Executive Director The First Zionist Congress, if it had been held this year, would have ended on Monday. It was held from August 29-31 in 1897. The idea was to create a political institution that would represent …
By David Isaac, Executive Director Edward Alexander should have been a household name in the Jewish community. Perhaps the community was too busy celebrating the very people he was defending them against, the likes of Thomas Friedman, Michael Lerner, Amos …
On August 4, 1940, Vladimir “Ze’ev” Jabotinsky died at a Betar camp in Hunter, New York of a massive heart attack.
By David Isaac History is supposedly written by the victors. Israel appears to be the exception. For some inexplicable reason, Israeli historians have whitewashed the role of Britain’s betrayal of the Jews. Britain, which had promised to help the Jews …
Vladimir “Ze’ev” Jabotinsky died 79 years ago this Sunday.