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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

Harry Truman

Museum director Kurt Graham leads a tour of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, in Independence, Missouri, June 9, 2021. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
June 29, 2021, 8:41 am
Reimagined Harry Truman presidential library highlights Israel recognition
After major refurbishment, new exhibit set to open next month will show US president’s legacy beyond A-bombing
By MARGARET STAFFORD
Harry S. Truman holds up an Election Day edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune, which, based on early results, mistakenly announced 'Dewey Defeats Truman' on November 4, 1948. (AP Photo/Byron Rollins)
November 3, 2020, 4:01 pm
How a nascent Israel was a key issue in Truman’s stunning 1948 election upset
As another unpredictable election plays out, author A.J. Baime tells how support for the Jewish state and civil rights were both central to an underdog incumbent’s campaign
By Rich Tenorio
Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, May 24, 2016. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 8, 2020, 10:21 am
LISTEN: Colorado governor speaks about state’s lockdown and rising anti-Semitism
Episode #32: Gov. Jared Polis is optimistic more people rally to common cause than spread hate * Dr. Kurt Graham, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library, shares spicy anecdotes
By ToI Staff
A photo of the 1964 declaration recognizing Israel's independence, signed by former president Harry Truman. (Courtesy Raab Collection)
May 1, 2019, 10:22 am
Only copy of US recognition of Israel signed by Truman up for sale
The unique document endorsed by president Harry Truman has only been displayed in public four times
By Ben Zehavi
President Shimon Peres at a ceremony upon his reception of the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday, June 26, 2014 (screen capture: YouTube)
October 1, 2016, 3:54 am
Mr. Peres goes to Washington
How Ben-Gurion’s young arms broker gave up on the Americans, only to become Israel’s most beloved figure in the US capital a half-century later
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
The title photo of a mushroom cloud from one of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in August 1945, which was shown at the time during a briefing to a group of top government officials at the Department of War, seen at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC, May 16, 2016. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
May 23, 2016, 9:15 am
Obama says no apology for A-bomb on Hiroshima visit
Most survivors of atomic attack aren’t seeking president’s repentance, others want to hear regret at loss of life
By AFP
March 18, 2016, 4:59 am
Obama, Elvis and 5 other famous ‘Shabbos goys’
The politicians and celebrities who have been helping Jews observe Shabbat by turning off lights and flipping on the A/C
By Uriel Heilman
Members of the AEPi chapter at Washington University in St. Louis pose in front of their house. (courtesy)
January 9, 2015, 5:53 pm
On and off campus, AEPi brothers have got Israel’s back
Overtly Zionist, the Jewish fraternity is increasingly a target of anti-Semitic attacks at colleges
By Matt Lebovic
In this April 1, 1963 file photo, Sir Winston and Lady Clementine Churchill, take their leave of their daughter Mary, wife of Agriculture Minister Christopher Soames, after a family luncheon party to celebrate Lady Churchill’s 78th birthday at Tufton Court, London. (photo credit: AP Photo/Leonard Brown, File)
June 2, 2014, 3:37 am
Winston Churchill’s last surviving child dies
Lady Mary Soames, author and nonprofit patron, passes away just before 70th anniversary of D-Day
By AP
John Judis (photo credit: Courtesy Carnegie Endowment)
February 25, 2014, 5:15 am
Jewish museum reinstates invitation to John Judis
Author of controversial book about President Truman and the Jews asked to discuss work at New York event
By JTA
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