[Author: Michel Levine, Vol. 81, #1, Autumn-Winter 2026] Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, in December 1914 the Ottoman Empire – allied with the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary – decided to expel from its colony of Palestine the nationals of
(Author: Harold Behr, Vol. 79, #1, 2024) South African Jews have a long and honorable record of combining support for Israel and commitment to South Africa, the country which gave them shelter – often grudgingly – from the antisemitic plague that bedeviled Europe
(Author: Glenda Woolf, Vol. 78, #2, Winter-Spring 2023) Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Menachem Av 5782 (July-August 2022) Hebrew edition of the popular Jewish history journal Segula (www.segulamag.com) and is reproduced here with kind permission. The riots started on 23 August
(Author: Glenda Woolf, Vol. 78, #1, Summer 2023) At the age of thirteen Mordecai Chertoff spent a year – 1935-6 – with his family in Palestine. After his return to the US, he went on to receive his B.A. at the City College of New
(Author: Glenda Woolf, Vol. 77, #3, Spring 2022) Between November 1945 and until July 1946 the Haganah, Irgun and Lehi coordinated their operations against the British regime in the Palestine Mandate. It was during this time that the Lehi embarked on an operation against
(Author: Gwynne Schrire, Vol. 77, #2, Autumn 2022) Once upon a time, there was a studious young Jewish immigrant who had to leave school at the age of 14 to go to work to support his family since the money-making ideas of
(Author: Bernard Katz, Vol. 77, # 1, Summer 2022) The period of Jeremiah is characterised by Babylonia supplanting Assyria as the world superpower. This transformation to a new world order presented major challenges for the nations of the region, including Judah, and these were
(Author: Gwynne Schrire, Vol. 77, #1, Summer 2022) The Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) was established in 1920. Within eight years it had attracted 34 worldwide federations consisting of 40 000 members, enabling the organisation to establish a strong educational and social welfare
(Author: Glenda Woolf, Vol. 76, #3, Spring 2021) During Mandate times, many young women immigrated to Israel from Russia, hoping both to work the land and establish a socialist lifestyle. The words of a few of these women are recorded in the book The
(Author: Glenda Woolf, Vol. 76 * No. 2 * Autumn-Winter 2021) In the early years of the British Mandate, two Jewish men who had become part of the British establishment found themselves on opposing sides when they entered what was then Palestine. They were