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This day in history: UN resolution on the creation of a Jewish state
On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, proposing to divide the territory of the British Mandate in Palestine into two states — Jewish and Arab, with Jerusalem to be made an international zone.
UN Resolution No. 3379: Attack on Zionism and Lessons of History
The United Nations, established in 1945 to maintain peace and protect human rights, played a key role in the creation of the state of Israel.
This day in history: the Balfour Declaration
On November 2, 1917, an event occurred that gave a powerful impulse to the idea of the revival of the Jewish state on its historical territory.
Pages of history: the ‘Herzliya’ high school
119 years ago, on October 22, 1905, the first secular Jewish school in the territory of modern Israel was opened.
Jerusalem Day – a celebration of the city’s reunification
Today is Jerusalem Day – a holiday that was established in Israel in 1967 to commemorate the victory in the Six-Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem.
The Proclamation of Independence – How It Happened
Today, our country and Jews around the world are celebrating the 76th anniversary of the independence of the state of Israel.
Day of Remembrance of the Fallen in Wars and Victims of Terrorism
On May 12-13, Israel commemorates one of the most somber dates in the calendar of the Jewish state — the Memorial Day for the Fallen in Wars and Victims of Terrorism.
Day of Catastrophe and Heroism of the Jewish People
Today, May 5th, with the sunset and tomorrow, May 6th, Israel commemorates the Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Heroes of the Resistance (Yom HaShoah).
On this day in history: March 3, 1912, the women’s Zionist organization “Hadassah” was founded in the USA.
The Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization of America, one of the largest women’s Zionist organizations in the world, was founded on March 3, 1912, by Henrietta Szold.
Basel Program
The World Zionist Organization was founded at the initiative of Theodore Herzl at the First Zionist Congress, which took place in August 1897 in Basel, Switzerland.
