Tomer Persico has posted a prayer written by Rav Kook in honor of the British conquest of Jerusalem along with a special prayer for England. Below is the prayer for the British conquest of Jerusalem. (Hebrew)
The following news article appeared on the front page of the New York Times on June 30, 1967. It describes the removal of the barriers that once divided Jerusalem. I have a special affinity for this article and not only because of the joyous news that it reports, but also because it appeared in the [...]
Now that the Jerusalem City Council has decided to name a street (it will be on Givat Ram) after Yeshayahu Leibowitz, I recommend watching these documentaries about him to see what he had to say. The first documentary consists of two videos and has English subtitles. The third video is another fascinating documentary that is [...]
Below is a video of MK Ruth Calderon’s recent talk at JTS. (HT to Yossi Hoffman on Twitter)
One of the most well-known songs associated with Yom ha-Zikaron (Israeli Memorial Day) is Haim Gouri’s Bab el-Wad, known by many through the singing of Yaffa Yarkoni. The song is a powerful and moving memorial for the soldiers who fought in order to bring supplies to Jerusalem during the War of Independence through Bab el-Wad [...]
Below is an interview with David Hartman from 1987 that had a big impact on me when it was first published and still does to this day. Interview with David Hartman.-Pluralism and Religious Zionism Also see this post by Eliyahu Stern about David Hartman’s Zionism at Open Zion.
Below is a rare film clip of Lord Balfour visiting Tiberias in 1925. (HT) See here for an newspaper article about the visit and here for a recollection of how his visit affected a little girl.
Here are some more newspaper headlines from the day after the UN vote on partition in 1947. They are from the very useful web site, Historical Jewish Press. “With a majority of thirty-three votes to thirteen partition was approved”: Mishmar “The Jewish State was established”: Davar
Tomorrow is the 29th of November, Partition Day. The 29th of November is one of the most important days in Jewish history. In his book A Tale of Love and Darkness, Amos Oz described the reaction in his Jerusalem neighborhood to the UN’s decision: Then there was dancing and weeping on Amos Street, in the [...]
Yosef (Yoska) Ahituv z”l (Hebrew Wikipedia entry here), an important educator and scholar affiliated with the Religious Kibbutz Movement, has passed away. (hat tip) A partial list of Ahituv’s writings can be found here (Hebrew) and here (English). Some of his writings can be found online here, here, and here. May his memory be for [...]
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