palestine

Jewish Refugees During and After the Holocaust

Jews fleeing the Nazis had difficulty finding countries that would take them in.

Rahel Yanait Ben-Zvi

One of the leading women activists of the Yishuv and the State of Israel.

Hannah Senesh

How this Hungarian Jew became a national heroine of Israel.

America’s First Consul to Jerusalem

Warder Cresson's journey to Jerusalem, and to Judaism, took a convoluted path.

Text of the British White Paper of 1939

Restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine.

The British Mandate in Palestine

The emergence, structure, and function of the mandatory government from 1923-1948.

Israel’s War of Independence

Establishing a new nation and defending it

The United Nations Partition Plan of 1947

The details of this ill-fated effort to create a two-state solution for Jews and Palestinians.

Palestine Under Hasmonean Rule

The marriage of politics and religion contributed to both the expansion and destruction of this short-lived dynasty.

Jewish Life in Palestine at the Beginning of the Christian Era

What daily life was like from the first through fifth centuries.