Zionist Congresses: The Biltmore Conference (May 6 - 11, 1942)

The Biltmore Conference was called by the Extraordinary Zionist Conference, and was held from May 6 to May 11, 1942 in New York. Due to the war, no Zionist Congress could be held that year. The Extraordinary Zionist Conference was thus called to serve a similar purpose of forming Zionist policy.

Participants from a wide variety of Zionist organizations were represented at the Conference. The joint statement issued at the end of the session was known as the Biltmore Program. The Program reiterated Zionist demands for unrestricted Jewish immigration to Palestine and that Palestine should serve as a Jewish Commonwealth. This statement was the first in which non-Zionist organizations joined with their Zionist counterparts to publicly advocate the establishment of such a Jewish Commonwealth.

Declaration Adopted by the Biltmore Conference:

Lipstadt to 'Post': In Saudi Arabia, 'I saw movement in the right direction'

“I'm not naive to think everything is all solved and everything is terrific, but I saw that,” Lipstadt said of her trip to Saudi Arabia.

By OMRI NAHMIAS

US Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt.

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

Deborah Lipstadt, the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat antisemitism says she was impressed with Saudi Arabia’s efforts to address antisemitism. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, the Special Envoy spoke about global trends of antisemitism and warned that we are witnessing a “perfect storm,” as antisemitism is coming from both the far left and the far right simultaneously.

La amenaza de Rusia contra la Agencia Judía es un acto de extorsión política

Israel debe prepararse para una crisis prolongada. Los rusos podrían querer retrasar o acelerar el proceso legal para aprovechar el período electoral. El veredicto no constituirá la última palabra.

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Se aconseja al gobierno que navegue la crisis entre bastidores: la publicidad podría acelerar la escalada.

El Ministerio de Justicia de Rusia está tratando de poner fin a las actividades de la Agencia Judía en Rusia, probablemente una señal del Kremlin a Jerusalén para que no se aleje demasiado de Moscú, ya que su conflicto con Occidente ha alcanzado tensiones que no se veían desde la Guerra Fría.

That Other Time They Almost Declared a Jewish State (and No One Noticed)

In July 1943, in the midst of World War II, notable members of the "yishuv" gathered in secret in a Tel Aviv suburb, to proclaim the establishment of a Jewish government in the Land of Israel.

Gil Weissblei

Seated from left to right: Prof. Joseph Klausner, Abraham Krinitzi, Israel Rosov, and Dr. Abraham Weinschal

Few people are aware that the declaration of independence of the State of Israel on May 14th, 1948, (the fifth day of the month of Iyar in the year 5708, according to the Hebrew calendar) was preceded by another, almost clandestine ceremony, in which the establishment of a Jewish government in the Land of Israel was proclaimed. In

Aquí podrás ver la verdadera historia judía de Palestina

(Parte de las imágenes las recibimos de la Agencia Judía y otras las tomamos de una nota de Yoseph Haddad en el canal de televisión I24 de Israel)

¿Sabes qué eran Palestine Airways? ¿Y el Palestine Post? ¿Y la Palestine Philarmonic Orchestra?

¿Crees que se trata de las aerolíneas de un Estado palestino que ya no existe? ¿Del periódico de un Estado palestino que existió alguna vez?

¿De la orquesta Filarmónica árabe palestina?

Pues no. Todo eso y mucho más, eran expresiones de la vida judía en la Palestina del Mandato Británico.

Lo explicaremos enseguida y daremos varios ejemplos más.

Why is Israel again abandoning the Solomonic wisdom of the Western Wall compromise?

A coalition avowedly committed to advancing consensual issues is, deplorably, instead capitulating to extremists over access for the Jewish people to our holiest place for prayer.

By DAVID HOROVITZ

Members of the Ugandan-Jewish Abuyudaya community in Israel on a Birthright trip organized by MAROM participate in a ceremony celebrating the dedication of a new Torah scroll at the Western Wall's pluralistic prayer pavilion, August 27, 2018. (Courtesy MAROM)

During years of sincere and painstaking negotiations spearheaded by then-Jewish Agency chief Natan Sharansky, culminating in a 2016 agreement approved by the Israeli cabinet under prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli and Diaspora

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By SHALOM YERUSHALMI and TAL SCHNEIDER

Yair Lapid (L) speaks with Tzipi Livni in the Knesset on December 3, 2014 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former foreign minister Tzipi Livni is considering joining the race to head the Jewish Agency, as several members of the agency’s nominating committee are considering selecting a woman to head the organization for the first time in its history, The Times of Israel has learned.

Livni’s potential candidacy comes after Intelligence Minister Elazar Stern of Yesh Atid announced that he was withdrawing his bid to head the Jewish Agency

Danny Danon’s quest to lead the Jewish Agency into the future

The former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations wants to focus on improving relations with the Diaspora, involving the younger generation, drawing more visitors to Israel and alleviating bureaucratic issues with making “aliyah.”

BY ISRAEL KASNETT

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Danny Danon briefs reporters ahead of the U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, February 2020. Credit: U.N. Photo/Manuel Elias.

(October 4, 2021 / JNS) Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations and current chairman of World Likud Danny Danon is excited about another potential role, which he hopes will be as the new head of the Jewish Agency. A clearly ambitious man, Danon would like to combine his self-described passion and experience together with his vision for Israel’s immediate future.

Natan Sharansky offered advice to cope with COVID lockdowns. Now, he’s recovering from the virus.

Last year, Natan Sharansky recorded a video on how to handle quarantine based on his experience as a political prisoner. (Screenshot)

(JTA) — When the world shut down last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Natan Sharansky figured his experience as a Soviet political prisoner meant he had a thing or two to teach the millions of people who were suddenly confined to their homes.

So he recorded a video providing his advice that went viral among the many Jews around the world who have long seen him as a sage figure.

Nearly a year and a half later, Sharansky, 73, announced on Facebook that he and his wife, Avital, had contracted the disease. The Israeli couple had both been vaccinated months ago, and are both recovering.

160 new immigrants from France arrive in Israel amid surge in ‘aliyah’

This particular group included doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers, media professionals and 46 young people under the age of 18.

Children from France arrive in Israel as part of a group aliyah flight on July 21, 2021. Photo by Noga Malsa.

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The new arrivals were accompanied on the flight by Israel’s Minister of Aliyah and

Isaac Herzog elected Israel’s 11th president, with 87 votes of Knesset’s 120

Jewish agency head, former Labor chief and son of 6th president defeats educator Miriam Peretz, says he’ll work to ‘build bridges’ within Israeli society and with Diaspora.

By RAOUL WOOTLIFF

Illustrative: Isaac Herzog outside the Knesset (Courtesy)

Isaac Herzog, the chairman of the Jewish Agency and former head of the Labor party, was elected Wednesday as Israel’s eleventh president.

Herzog defeated Miriam Peretz, a social activist who overcame the loss of two of her sons in battle to become an Israel Prize-winning educator, with 87 votes, the most a presidential candidate has ever won, to her 26.

David Ben Gurión Biografías y vidas - La enciclopedia biográfica en línea

Biografías y vidas - La enciclopedia biográfica en línea

David Ben Gurión

(David Gruen; Plonsk, Polonia, 1886 - Tel Aviv, 1973) Político sionista, creador del Estado de Israel. Imbuido del ideal de dotar a los judíos de un Estado propio, emigró muy joven a Palestina (1906). En 1908 comenzó a formar una organización armada de defensa de los colonos judíos frente a los ataques de la población árabe (Hashomer). En 1910 entró en política afiliándose al Partido de los Trabajadores de Sión; fue entonces cuando adoptó el nombre hebreo de Ben-

Golda Meir: excelente Madre y Estadista (2)

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Revelación: El primer ministro sirio que fue agente doble y que brindó inteligencia crucial a los líderes sionistas

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Por Haaretz

Una investigación en archivos franceses e israelíes, junto con una lectura de documentos del gobierno sirio, reveló que el primer ministro sirio Jamil Mardam fue en realidad manejado por un agente de inteligencia sionista junto con los franceses. La información que fue transmitida a través de sus auspicios a David Ben-Gurion fue fundamental para la estrategia del líder sionista durante el período

Temple Mount activist eyes Israel’s presidency

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BY YEHUDA SHLEZINGER

Knesset member Yehuda Glick at an Education Committee meeting discussing proposed legislation on children's rights and guardianship at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Jan. 17, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

(October 14, 2020 / Israel Hayom) This summer, when Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s term as president comes to a close, the Knesset will convene to elect his successor. It appears likely that Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog will throw his hat in the ring, but another candidate has also popped up: Temple Mount activist and former Knesset member Yehuda Glick has announced that he will be making a run for the presidency.

ISRAEL PREVÉ QUE EL CORONAVIRUS PRODUCIRÁ UNA ALIÁ DE 100,000 PERSONAS

Enlace Judío México e Israel.- Se espera una gran ola de aliá (inmigración) a Israel a raíz del coronavirus, además de un importante número de israelíes que residen en el extranjero y desean regresar.

DAVID ISRAEL

Funcionarios del Ministerio de Absorción en Israel informan que en las últimas semanas, no menos de 60,000 israelíes que viven en el extranjero han expresado su interés en regresar a casa pronto.

“Hay un despertar entre los israelíes que viven en el extranjero”, dijeron los funcionarios.

El presidente de la Agencia Judía, Isaac Herzog, dijo a Makor Rishon el jueves que anticipaba “una gran ola de inmigración a Israel cuando termine la crisis del coronavirus, como ha sucedido históricamente en las comunidades judías de todo el mundo después de muchas crisis desde el establecimiento del estado”, publica Jewish Press.

Agencia judía transmitirá eventos del Día de recordación del Holocausto virtualmente

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La Agencia Judía será la anfitriona de dos eventos virtuales especiales del Día de la recordación del Holocausto, con la esperanza de llevar a los judíos de todo el mundo la historia de la sobreviviente del Holocausto Leah Hason. La transmisión será compartida en la página de Facebook de la organización y se presentará en ocho idiomas diferentes.

Leah Hason tenía cuatro años cuando su padre fue llevado a un campo de concentración donde fue asesinado. Luego, junto con su madre, los dos se las arreglaron para escapar de los guetos judíos y se escondieron en un establo de cerdos y en bosques desolados hasta que la guerra terminó. Finalmente fueron rescatados por el ejército ruso en 1945. Hason y su madre pasaron entonces tres años como refugiados hasta que finalmente pudieron hacer Aliá en 1948 y se establecieron en el Kibbutz Mizra en el norte de Israel.

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Según las proyecciones demográficas, cuando Israel celebre su centenario en 2048, tendrá una población de 15 millones de habitantes.

The spy who changed the course of Israel’s history

The Spy is a new TV series that comes out on Netflix on September 6th. It is based on a true story. A spy called Eli Cohen played here by famous actor Sacha Baron Cohen. This series looks like it’ll be a great hit.

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El mito que las Naciones Unidas crearon a Israel – Por Jeremy R. Hammond (Foreign Policy Journal)

La creencia popular de que Israel fue establecido por las Naciones Unidas se encuentra arraigada en la falsedad y el prejuicio, suponinendo que va contra los derechos de los palestinos.

Existe la creencia generalizada que la Resolución 181 de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas “dio origen” a Israel, basados en un entendimiento de que dicha resolución dividió Palestina o le confirió autoridad legal o legitimidad a la declaración de existencia del estado de Israel. Sin embargo, a pesar de su popularidad, esta creencia no tiene de hecho ningún fundamento, ya que una revisión a la historia de la resolución y un examen de los principios legales lo demuestran irrefutablemente.