Golda Meir is one of the key figures in the history of Israel and world politics.

Photo:  tomertu / Shutterstock.com With the arrival of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Light, we can begin to see the light at the end of this difficult year we have all been through.

119 years ago, on October 22, 1905, the first secular Jewish school in the territory of modern Israel was opened.