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Zionist History by Numbers – Israeli Immigration

Hizky Shoham

The waves of Jewish immigration to land of Israel in the 19th and early 20th centuries are known as the First Aliya, the Second, and so on. But did these numbers always mean what they...

ArticlesIssue 52 | April 2020JaffaPioneersPre-state of IsraelZionism

With All Their Might – Kibbutz Ovadia in Slawków

Yochanan Ben-Yaacov

Kibbutz Ovadia’s unique blend of “Torah and Avoda,” learning and labor, served as a model for religious kibbutzim forming in prestate Israel and beyond – but the demands of this Polish Jewish collective experiment took...

ArticlesIssue 67 | December 2023PioneersPolandPre-state of IsraelZionism

Voices of the Past | Yosef Trumpeldor

Yosef Trumpeldor

Diary entries and letters from Trumpeldor’s final days, 1920 January 4 Many have asked: If the French with their rifles and machine guns can’t stand up to the Arabs, how can we […]? None...

ColumnsIssue 67 | December 2023Land of IsraelPioneersZionism

Singlehanded – Yosef Trumpeldor

Amit Assis

Though most famous as the one-armed defender of Tel Hai, Yosef Trumpeldor was also a Russian patriot, dentist, and pre-kibbutz pioneer of agricultural collectives in the land of Israel. He also cofounded the Jewish Legion,...

ArticlesIssue 67 | December 2023Land of IsraelPioneersPre-state of IsraelZionism

New Life Among The Ruins – Jewish Quarter

Barak Brenner

With the reunification of Jerusalem, Jews could once again dwell in the Old City. But Jordanian occupation had destroyed the Jewish Quarter, and rebuilding required funding and organization on a national scale. A group of...

ArticlesIsrael's warsIssue 39 | September 2017JerusalemJerusalem DayPioneersPost-1948Zionism

Return of the Spies – Nili

Yemima Hovav

In the dark days of World War I, members of the Nili spy ring foresaw the new order emerging in the Middle East and opted to work with the British, despite all the risks. To...

ArticlesIssue 23 | October 2014Land of IsraelPioneersPre-state of IsraelWomenWW1Zionism

Pioneers

Zionist History by Numbers – Israeli Immigration