It’s just the beginning

Rabbi Kook sought to explain how an enlightened, industrialized, and cultured Europe could unleash such destructive barbaric forces that brought the world to a cataclysmic and death-filled war. Nothing has changed.

WWIII officially began on October 7, 2023

In dictatorships, the leaders prepare to fight wars 100% of the time. That explains why wars are inevitable.Opinion.

Rabbi Kook was no liberal pacifist about war

In the midst of WWI when the nations were engaged in a savage outburst of killing and destruction, Rav Kook penned prophetic words.

Chaim Dovid ben Chaim Dovid

A true story from WWI on the futility of wasting precious hours arguing about the unimportant things in life.

Victory in Jerusalem, Hanukkah 1917: Allenby enters Jaffa Gate

The Turks had fallen, cheering crownds lined the streets..The London Jewish Chronicle,called it an “Epochal event.” Op-ed.

Europe is ignoring its own history

Europe's attitude to Germany's mlitary buildup after WWI is eerily similar to the its way of dealing with Iran.Will they never learn? Op-ed

Ki Tavo: How good is our portion

Philosopher Franz Rosenzweig describing the joyous praying in a hasidic synagogue in Warsaw: “I have never heard such praying.”

Memorial Day and US Jewish Heritage Month: Jewish WWI heroes

1,100 Jews were cited for valor at the end of WWI. Three Jewish soldiers received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

When WWII ended there was no armistice, there was surrender

May 8, 1945 is the day that Nazi Germany recognized its defeat and had to agree to total surrender. And that brought peace. Opinion.

Fighting the war of words against the Jewish people today.

The Jewish contribution to the Allied Cause: World War I and WW II

The “Great Arab Revolt” failed to materialize

Kerry slams Trump for canceling attendance at WWI memorial

After Trump's participation at event in France for US soldiers killed in WWI canceled over weather, Kerry weighs in on Twitter.

The 20th century: What happened?

A Zionist Opera in Jerusalem

Intrepid, the Saga of the NILI Spy Ring, brings the Balfour Declaration period to life with all the trappings of real opera - in English.

Yom Kippur: Bridging the gap in a WWI POW camp

Hundreds At Memorial for WWI Soldiers Buried at Ramle Cemetery

Anglo olim join WWII veterans and Chelsea pensioners to honor British WWI soldiers buried in Ramle.

August 1, 2014: The Centennial of World War One

Indian Warships Visit Haifa, Mark 20 Yrs. of Diplomatic Ties

Four of India’s top naval warships docked in Haifa this week as part of a four-day visit to Israel to celebrate 20 years of diplomatic ties.

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