A Zionist debt fulfilled By Jerry Klinger “He is an improbable figure when looked at through the quizzical eyes of a Viennese Jewish journalist. But I have to imagine that those who are antithetical to us in every way view him quite differently. So I am sending him to Berlin with the mental reservation that [...]

by Dr. Rafael Medoff (Israelnationalnews.com) Among the more remarkable documents of the Holocaust is a scroll, created in North Africa in 1943, called “Megillat Hitler.” Written in the style of Megillat Esther and the Purim story, it celebrates the Allies’ liberation of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, which saved the local Jewish communities from the Nazis. [...]

By: Rabbi Naphtali Hoff Approximately 2,500 years ago, a combined force of Persians and Medes, led by Cyrus II and Darius, respectively, set out to establish the most extensive empire yet known to man. This alliance, which would soon be known as the Persian Empire, would not only transform the landscape of the ancient world, [...]

by Shalom Pollack (Israelnationalnews.com) Always seeking to increase our knowledge of Israel’s tourist sites we tour guides take refresher tours form time to time. Recently I joined a group of my colleagues on an in depth tour of the famous ancient port city of Acco on Israel’s northern coast. Acco is a gem of history, [...]

By: Bob Bostock The recent release of additional Nixon White House presidential documents and tapes produced the usual response. As has become customary, brief excerpts of the tapes – excerpts that invariably show President Nixon and members of his administration in the most unflattering light possible – are pulled from the reams of material and [...]

By: Edwin Black During the Holocaust, one group of killers stood out as more vicious, murderous, and bloodthirsty than all others. The Ustasha of Yugoslavia was a Muslim-Catholic alliance of Nazi killers so beastly that even Nazi officials in Berlin were horrified. The Ustasha and three related crack divisions of Arab-Nazi Waffen SS comprised of [...]

by Atty. Elyakim Haetzni (Israelnationalnews.com) Karm el-Mufti is the Arabic name of the land in Sheikh Jarrah owned by Hajj Amin el-Husseini (“der grosse Mufti,” the great Mufti, as he was called in the Nazi German Reich, with which he identified, body and soul). In 1929, the year in which he was responsible for the [...]

By LITAL BEER “I just wanted to thank you deeply for the interview you conducted with me here at home about my memories of the Holocaust. Beside the fact that the interview allowed me to unburden myself of the heavy load I carried for over 60 years, the interview with you opened up additional, deep [...]

By: Richard McBee Date: Wednesday, December 01 2010 Why is the menorah such a powerful and long-lasting symbol of the Jewish people?  After all, its lure ostensibly originates in a relatively minor rabbinic festival, Hanukah.  No disrespect intended, but how can Hanukah compare to the great pilgrimage festivals, Passover, Shavous and Succos or the Days [...]

by Dr. Rafael Medoff (Israelnationalnews.com) These days the United States media’s sports pages sometimes resemble a police blotter. One of baseball’s most famous pitchers has been indicted for perjury and lying to Congress. A champion cyclist is under investigation for using steroids. A college basketball star has been suspended for assaulting his girlfriend. In times [...]