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Edmund Allenby

Jackie Even Chen (right) and Mazal Levy, partners professionally and in life, bring a certain groove to age-old songs in their performances (Courtesy Zohar Siara)
September 11, 2018, 4:57 am
Though ubiquitously sung, century of ‘Hava Nagila’ goes largely uncelebrated
First catching on amid jubilation at Allenby’s arrival in Jerusalem, it remains a favorite through a hundred years of evolving versions
By Jessica Steinberg
Detail from travelogue poster for 'With Allenby in Palestine' and 'Lawrence in Arabia' by Lowell Thomas. (Courtesy)
December 21, 2017, 4:07 am
How the 1917 Battle of Jerusalem surrender flag ended up in Greenville, Ohio
From the Jaffa Gate to a small Midwestern museum, an artifact representing the creation of the modern Middle East makes an incredible journey
By Marshall Weiss
In a humorous moment during the centennial reenactment of General Allenby's proclamation, actor playing General Allenby announces he is "returning the key to Jerusalem" to the city's current mayor, Nir Barkat, December 11, 2017 (Ricky Rackman)
December 12, 2017, 6:29 am
History repeats itself as Lord Allenby captures Jerusalem’s Old City, again
At festive, costumed centennial event Monday, the general’s great-great nephew reads out his ancestor’s declaration from the steps of the Tower of David
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe at The Tower of David Museum, December 10, 2017 (Ricky Rachman)
December 11, 2017, 9:38 am
100 years later, Allenby returns to Jerusalem
The Old City’s Tower of David Museum launches an exhibit in honor of the centennial of the capture of the Holy City from the Ottoman Turks by British forces
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Police cordon off an area of the World War I Beersheba War Cemetery after three Jewish youths were caught toppling over headstones on June 17, 2017.
June 17, 2017, 10:40 pm
Three arrested for vandalizing Australian WWI cemetery
Police question Jewish youths who toppled headstones in the Beersheba War Cemetery in southern Israel
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prince Charles attends the funeral of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Abir Sultan)
March 9, 2017, 3:10 pm
First official UK royal visit to Israel ‘looks set’ for this year
Palace sources said to confirm trip being planned in Balfour centennial year, a day after President Rivlin issues formal invitation via Boris Johnson
By Raoul Wootliff
Sara Aaronsohn, one of the founders of the pre-British Mandate Palestine espionage ring NILI. (Public domain)
December 14, 2016, 10:29 am
With spy Sarah Aaronsohn’s suicide, Israeli history was rewritten, claims author
In 1915, the Aaronsohn siblings founded an espionage group in their village of Zichron Yaakov to help the Brits defeat the Turks. Outside of Israel, why was their tale whitewashed from history?
By JP O’ Malley
Britain's Prince Charles attends the funeral of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Abir Sultan)
November 8, 2016, 4:17 pm
In historic first, senior British royal said to be planning official trip to Israel
Formal tour by member of monarchy would end absence for state’s entire existence, during which nearly every other country on earth was visited by a Crown representative
By Raoul Wootliff
Mithqal al-Fayez, painted for the family from a 1920s black and white photo. (Courtesy)
September 3, 2016, 4:49 pm
How Jordan’s ‘sheikh of sheikhs’ negotiated with Zionists, founded a kingdom
Israeli pens first biography of Mithqal al-Fayiz, the tribal leader who put the Hashemites on the Jordanian throne — a Lawrence of Arabia-esque epic about a desert nomad
By Dov Lieber
The sculpture in Brender Park was created by contemporary artist Yaakov Agam. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 30, 2016, 9:53 am
From British battles to Bauhaus, touring a century’s stunning Tel Aviv architecture
On a walk through 100 years of development in the White City, track Allenby’s arrival in 1917, visit Hill’s Hill, and see stilts, ‘sliks,’ turrets and portholes
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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