Tag: Haganah

The text discusses the importance of listening to history as a way to understand and protect the Jewish people.
"Shoshana," a film by director Michael Winterbottom, delves into the complexities of Jewish politics in British Mandate Palestine during the 1930s, through the character Shoshana Borochov, a member of Haganah.
Renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, now 95 years old, continues to stay busy with various projects and still enjoys discussing matters of sex.
Hadassa Kingstone, born in pre-State Haifa in 1936 to parents who escaped Hitler's Europe, shares her epic life story that intertwines with the history of the State of Israel.
"The Sermon" (HaDrasha) by Haim Hazaz is a little-known Zionist and modern Hebrew literature, published in 1942 during a desperate time for the Jewish people.
In this podcast episode, hosts Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron cover several important topics.
In a discussion by Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron, several key topics are explored: the potential revolt of diaspora Jews against Netanyahu's annexation plans in the West Bank, the discovery of 19th-century graves in a no-longer-active cemetery in Israel, the debate surrounding the darker aspects of the Haganah's history, and a conversation about engaging with racist and anti-Semitic scholars.
Tom Segev's biography of David Ben-Gurion challenges the perception of the Israeli leader as a miraculous figure during the country's War of Independence, emphasizing the high cost paid for the establishment of the state.
In the post-World War II era, the Jewish Agency established a covert arms procurement network in the United States under the Haganah, involving a diverse group of Americans, including Jewish gangsters, who provided crucial support for the future state of Israel.