Haifa and Salonika – the Jewish Ports
Herzl's Port "The coast of Palestine rose on the horizon on a spring morning following one of the mild, soft nights common in the eastern Mediterranean. They stood together on the bridge of the yacht...
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Lights, Camera, Zionism!
Pageant September 4, 1946. Brimming with emotion, Ben Hecht stood center stage. Tears filled his eyes, blurring his view of the cheering crowds below. Of all his many plays, scripts, books, and articles, this time...
Newton’s Fourth Law
A Determined Infant So then ’twas one designe of ye true systeme of ye first institution of ye true religion to propose to mankind by ye frame of ye ancient Temples, the study of the frame of the world as the true...
Heroes on the Walls of Haifa
Fall of the Byzantines In 1071, the Byzantine Empire was dealt a crippling blow when a tribe of Mongolians conquered Anatolia, today a popular tourist destination in Turkey. The Seljuks, as they were called, had...
Matza – More Than Just Crumbs
Making and Baking Eager to leave Pharaoh’s bondage, the Hebrew slaves freed from Egypt approximately 3,300 years ago baked the dough they had hastily kneaded before it had time to rise. That act gave the...
Fight for the Spirit
Staying Alive The Holocaust challenged the humanity of its victims. Difficult as it was to survive physically, spiritual and emotional survival was virtually impossible. Many Jews abandoned their moral values in order to stay alive,...
The Kaiser’s Cap
The Kaiser Goes to Synagogue For the Middle East, 1869 was a critical year: after much planning and unstinting effort, the digging of the Suez Canal was finally completed. At last a shorter route connected...
