Jerusalem…”Those who vandalized and destroyed hundreds of Jewish headstones at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia and at the Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis had the same motive as those who demolished 45,000 Jewish…
Shmuel Yosef Agnon July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known…
Moshe Barazani June 14, 1926 – April 21, 1947 Moshe Barazani, also Barzani was an Iraqi-born Kurdish Jew and a member of Lehi (“Freedom Fighters of Israel,” aka the “Stern Gang”) underground movement in pre-state…
Thousands of Jews are once again flocking to Har Hazeisim after years of refraining from visiting the holiest Jewish cemetery because of the threat of violence, which was a frequent occurrence in years past. The…
U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem Donald Blome recently toured Har Hazeitim with Jeff Daube, Harvey Schwartz, and Joshua Wander.
Yerushalayim…It has been more than three years since the idea of constructing a wall around parts of Har Hazeisim was first raised by leaders of the International Committee on the Preservation of Har Hazeisim (ICPHH).…