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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Israeli history

Prof. Derek Penslar, right, and Prof. Magda Teter, Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies and professor of history at Fordham University speak during a panel at Harvard Yard, December 10, 2024. (Courtesy)
January 15, 2025, 4:57 am
Harvard antisemitism task force co-chair talks about post-Oct. 7 ‘petrified anger’
Prof. Derek Penslar recently spoke at the Divinity School about his book ‘Zionism: An Emotional State,’ and the passions motivating Zionists and anti-Zionists, now and in the past
By Rich Tenorio
An illustration showing the boundaries of the biblical kingdoms of Israel and Judah in 928 BC, published by the Israel Arabic account on X on January 6, 2025. (Israel Arabic via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 8, 2025, 7:16 pm
‘Violation of international norms’: Biblical map of Israel sparks outrage from Jordan
Post from Israel Arabic account on X showing the borders of ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah denounced by Jordan, UAE for undermining Palestinian right to an independent state
By ToI Staff
Left: Conservative Rabbi Shalom Tzvi (Harry) Davidowitz (public domain); right: From right to left, Rabbi Mauricio Balter, executive director of Masorti Olami, Dr. Yizhar Hess, Rabbi Ashira Konigsberg, Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, CEO of the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, look up at the street sign named for Shalom Tzvi (Harry) Davidowitz, Herzliya, December 11, 2024. (Herzliya Municipality)
December 15, 2024, 6:06 am
1st street in Israel named for Masorti rabbi who influenced Declaration of Independence
In Herzliya, the Conservative Movement celebrates the commemoration of US cleric Shalom Tzvi Davidowitz, who is likely responsible for adding God into the historic 1948 statement
By Mati Wagner
A pillbox on Hebron Road in Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 14, 2024, 7:27 am
See the British Mandate era pillboxes that dot Israel, evoking its checkered past
The cement guard posts, so-called because of their cylindrical shape, represent an intriguing and often beautiful piece of pre-state Israeli history
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
A view of Jerusalem's Jaffa Road in 2024. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 27, 2024, 8:37 am
Explore the rich architectural history of Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road – while it lasts
As demolitions and skyscrapers forever alter the landscape around the capital’s first paved street outside the Old City, the time to explore its hidden treasures is running out
By Aviva Bar-Am
Books about Jews arriving and living in Shanghai in the late 1930s displayed at the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited on May 7, 2013. (Peter Parks/AFP)
June 29, 2024, 7:12 am
How a Brooklyn dentist almost formed a Jewish homeland in pre-WW II China
Seeing a land free of antisemitism, Albert Einstein and Chinese leaders pushed plans to settle 100,000 Jews fleeing Nazis in Yunnan, the Himalayan foothills of China’s hinterland
By Harry Saunders
Rivka Grabovsky and her children in an undated photo. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law/ Zman)
May 13, 2024, 4:27 pm
An unsung heroine’s 1948 tale of courage and captivity resonates anew after October 7
Rivka Grabovsky’s little-known ordeals, during the War of Independence and as a POW held by Syria, take on added layers as Israelis process a more recent tragedy
By Tal Schneider
A mural of Reb Aryeh Levin adorns the outside of a building in Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
March 9, 2024, 9:22 am
Learn about Reb Aryeh, the ‘Prisoners’ Rabbi’ of pre-state Israel who visited lepers
Identifying troops’ bodies via a kabbalistic ritual and comforting the jailed, downtrodden and sick, the beloved Aryeh Levin earned a reputation for piety in early 1900s Jerusalem
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Avraham Shohat gives a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office as he released his report regarding the budget for Israeli university students on July 16 2007 in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90)
February 28, 2024, 3:59 pm
Avraham ‘Baiga’ Shochat, first mayor of Arad and Rabin’s finance minister, dies at 88
Born in Tel Aviv in 1936, civil engineer hailed as a ‘restless achiever,’ first in the newly established Negev city and later in the Knesset as a member of government
By ToI Staff
Film director Talia Finkel interviews Yifat Ben Shoshan, resident of Netiv HaAsara for the 'Edut 710' oral history initiative (Kobi Yonatan)
December 12, 2023, 7:25 am
National Library of Israel collecting all documentation of Hamas massacre and war
Institution for collective cultural memory of the State of Israel and the Jewish people meets the challenge of amassing material in real time while the events are being denied
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Then-defense minister Moshe Dayan makes a speech during the 1973 Yom Kippur War in an undated photograph. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Defense Ministry Archive)
September 24, 2023, 3:43 pm
Did Moshe Dayan secretly want to die on the front lines during the Yom Kippur War?
Reports of seemingly reckless visits to the battlefield and a rumored mental breakdown in the war’s early days may cast light on the defense minister’s feelings of responsibility
By Abraham Rabinovich
Illustrative: IDF Chief of Staff David Elazar looks over the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War, October 1973. (State Archives)
September 24, 2023, 5:37 am
50 years after the Yom Kippur War, veterans see echoes in Israel’s current crisis
Those who lived through it remember how Israel’s battle for existence divided society and shook Diaspora Jewry, much like its internal battle over the judicial overhaul today
By Ron Kampeas
Colonial secretary Winston Churchill with Sir Herbert Samuel during a visit to Jerusalem in March 1921. (Public domain)
August 19, 2023, 2:43 pm
Herbert Samuel’s secret 1937 testimony on the infamous mufti of Jerusalem revealed
Newly revealed files show how Palestine’s first high commissioner – a Jew and a Zionist – defended tapping Amin al-Husseini, lamented that ‘Jews can be extremely irritating people’
By Oren Kessler
Steve Gray, a member of Kibbutz Hanaton, stands in an ancient mikveh moved to the kibbutz. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 12, 2023, 7:46 am
Immerse yourself in the Holy Land’s history by visiting these ancient ritual baths
Essential to Jewish religious life, mikvehs can be found throughout Israel — and some tell captivating tales of life millennia ago
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
In Sussita, a marble pillar lies next to a platform that likely once held a statue donated by a prosperous couple who moved to Caesarea. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
May 13, 2023, 12:18 pm
Revamped as a national park, ancient Sussita’s rich history is even more accessible
Settled 2,200 years ago and razed in an earthquake in 740 CE, the Golan Heights site changed hands numerous times over the years. It is now easier to reach for intrepid visitors
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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