Zionism
Hanna Senesh: Zionist, WWII Heroine, and Poet
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Every Israeli schoolchild knows the name Hanna Senesh. A poet and a Special Operations Executive member, Senesh was a Zionist who moved to Palestine but later died fighting the Nazis in WWII. Though she never...
A 16th Century Woman of Valor and Zionist
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Some true stories are far more remarkable than fiction, and this is certainly the case with regard to Doña Gracia Nasi. In the 16th century, long before the women’s liberation movement came into fashion and when...
A Christian Zionist American President and Founding Father
Israel is the United States' most loyal (and arguably most important) ally in the Middle East. But few Americans realize that this contemporary political connection is rooted in the founding of the United States, well before the modern...
The Newest (and least known) Israeli holiday
In June 2004, the Israeli Knesset instituted Herzl Day to be observed on the 10th of Iyar, Theodor Herzl’s birthday. On this day, a state memorial service is held on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem and at IDF camps and schools. Time is devoted...
