British mandate
Macy’s magnate Nathan Straus used his fortune to combat disease in New York and Mandatory Palestine
Unlike Rockefeller or Carnegie, Nathan Straus began to give his money away early on and was devoted to several significant philanthropic initiatives as he continued to build his major businesses.
Israel Electric reveals telegrams showing Tel Aviv power station's role in British political battle
The UK recognizing Palestine opens the door to lawsuits over crimes during the Mandate - opinion
At Toronto film festival, 'Palestine 36' tackles the past, echoes in the present
Jerusalem calling: The birth of Mandate-era broadcasting in British Palestine
In 1950, two years after the establishment of the State of Israel, Jerusalem Calling (by now Kol Yerushalayim) merged with Kol Yisrael, which became the country’s official radio station.
This week in Jewish history
July 22, 1920: Keren Hayesod founded, July 24, 1922: League of Nations grants Britain mandate to administer Palestine.
Tel Mond's agricultural history is Sir Alfred Mond's Zionist legacy
Sir Alfred Mond, a Jewish industrialist from England, invested in Eretz Israel in 1917, establishing an agricultural company in the Sharon area, founding communities like Tel Mond.
Murder and rape in the dunes of pre-state Israel: The story of a hike turned horror
They were friends and perhaps wanted to become lovers. They also loved the Land of Israel and set out to walk through it. Tragically, their walk was horrifyingly interrupted.
Thanks to the UN's bias against Israel, Islamic extremism reached Europe - opinion
Why do countries not wake up and see what is already happening in European countries, with Islamic enclaves established by the refugees that even the local police are afraid to enter?
The world must be reminded of the Palestinian genocide campaign against Jews - opinion
There was a genocide campaign. It was conducted not against ‘Palestine’, but in Palestine, in the Mandate of Palestine.
Forbidden Tel Aviv love in a complicated time
While the movie celebrates the spirit of Tel Aviv 80 years ago, it was actually filmed in Puglia, Italy, where Winterbottom and his team found buildings that were “new, white, and low-rise."
Grapevine September 6, 2023: How history will inscribe him
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
This Week in History: Hebron Massacre
67 Jews were killed. Synagogues and homes, lived in for generations, were destroyed.
When UK rabbis realized hassidim drained the swamps of pre-state Israel
Seeing such people tilling the land, draining marshes, and sweating under the sun was a sure sign of the coming redemption for the rabbis of the United Kingdom.