A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
All content by Center for Israel Education
Security and rescue forces work on the remains of the bus destroyed by a suicide bomber in Haifa on Dec. 2, 2001. By Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0

This week in Israeli history: Nov. 28-Dec. 4

Center for Israel Education
Published November 26, 2024
Stella Levy, shown in 1970, commanded the IDF Women’s Corps for six years. Photo by Fritz Cohen, Israeli National Photo Collection, CC BY-SA 3.0

This week in Israeli history: July 18-24

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION, ISRAELED.ORG
Published July 18, 2024
June 27: Former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Col. Chaim Herzog, a future president, visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem a week after the Knesset’s formal unification of the city. Photo: Meir Froiudlch, Israeli National Photo Collection, CC BY-SA 3.0

This week in Israeli history: June 27-July 3

Center for Israel Education, israeled.org
Published June 26, 2024
Aharon Remez, serving as Israel’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, welcomes Prime Minister Golda Meir to London in September 1969. Photo Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0

This week in Israeli history: March 28-April 3

Center for Israel Education, israeled.org
Published March 26, 2024
This week in Israeli history: Feb. 29-March 6

This week in Israeli history: Feb. 29-March 6

Center for Israel Education, israeled.org
Published February 29, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Jordan’s King Hussein shake hands in front of U.S. President Bill Clinton after signing their peace treaty Oct. 26, 1994, in the Arava. By Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: Jan. 31 to Feb. 7

Center for Israel Education, israeled.org
Published January 31, 2024

This week in Israeli history: Dec. 14-20

Center for Israel Education, (israeled.org)
Published December 14, 2023
Aug. 23, 1903: Theodor Herzl opens the Sixth Zionist Congress by making the case for the Uganda Plan as a step toward a homeland in the Land of Israel.

This week in Israeli history: Aug. 17-23

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published August 17, 2023
Aris San (left) performs with his band in 1973. Photo: Moshe Milner, National Photo Collection of Israel

This week in Israeli history: July 20-26

Center for Israel Education
Published July 20, 2023
Soviet refuseniks are pictured in 1970s Moscow.

This week in Israeli history: June 15-21

Center for Israel Education
Published June 16, 2023
Menachem Begin and Zbigniew Brzezinski play chess at Camp David on Sept. 9, 1978. Photo: Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

This week in Israeli history: June 1-7

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published May 31, 2023
Theodor Herzl is home with his parents and sister in 1873. Photo: National Photo Collection of Israel

This week in Israeli history: April 27-May 3

Center for Israel Education
Published April 27, 2023
MARCH 26: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shake hands at the White House signing ceremony for the peace treaty March 26, 1979. Photo by Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: March 23-29

Center for Israel Education, israeled.org
Published March 23, 2023
DEC. 17: Henry Kissinger, meeting with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in September 1975, later that year spoke of an Israel much smaller than the country that emerged from the 1967 war. Photo: Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: Dec. 15-21

Center for Israel Education, israeled.org
Published December 15, 2022
Nov. 15: A military DC-4 is repainted as the first El Al commercial aircraft to transport Chaim Weizmann from Geneva to Israel in September 1948. Photo: El Al Archives

This week in Israeli history: Nov. 10-16

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published November 10, 2022

This week in Israeli history: Sept. 29-Oct. 5

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published September 29, 2022
SEPT. 17: Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski play chess at Camp David during a break in the September 1978 negotiations.

This week in Israeli history: Sept. 15-21

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION, IsraelEd.org
Published September 15, 2022
AUG. 23: Israeli soldiers are stationed at the Suez Canal during the War of Attrition in 1969. Egypt’s president threatened to shift from the continual skirmishing along the canal to all-out war after the Al-Aqsa arson Aug. 21, 1969. Photo: Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: Aug. 18-24

Center for Israel Education
Published August 18, 2022
APRIL 22: Jewish fighters patrol during the battle for Haifa in April 1948.

This week in Israeli history: April 21-27

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION, israeled.org
Published April 21, 2022
APRIL 10: Golda Meir wishes her successor as prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, good luck during her farewell party in Jerusalem on June 4, 1974. Photo: Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: April 7-13

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published April 7, 2022
MARCH 26: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shake hands at the White House signing ceremony for the peace treaty March 26, 1979. Photo by Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: March 24-30

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION, Israeled.org
Published March 24, 2022
MARCH 14: Black Panthers march along Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv on May Day in 1973. Photo by Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: March 10-16

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION, ISRAELED.ORG
Published March 10, 2022
National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger (left) speaks with President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State William Rogers (right) on Feb. 23, 1973, two days before secretly meeting with Egypt’s Hafez Ismail.

This week in Israeli history: Feb. 24-March 2

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published February 24, 2022
Feb. 11: Natan Sharansky has his wife, Avital, by his side after his arrival in Israel on Feb. 11, 1986. By Nati Harnik, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: Feb. 10-16

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION, ISRAELED.ORG
Published February 10, 2022
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets with the father of abducted soldier Benny Avraham during a military memorial service in September 2001. In January 2004, Sharon approved an exchange that brought Avraham’s body, along with those of two other soldiers captured and killed by Hezbollah, back to Israel. Photo: Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: Jan. 27 – Feb. 2

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published January 27, 2022
Israeli President Chaim Herzog accepts the credentials of Spain’s ambassador to Israel, Pedro Lopez Aguirrebengoa, in Jerusalem on April 14, 1986. Photo: Nati Harnik, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: Jan. 13-19

Center for Israel Education
Published January 13, 2022
AUG. 17: Theodor Herzl’s casket is in place for his state funeral at what is now Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Aug. 17, 1949. Photo by David Eldan, National Photo Collection of Israel

This week in Israeli history: Aug.12-18

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published August 13, 2021
AUG. 5: Members of Unit 101, including Ariel Sharon (standing, second from left), pose with Moshe Dayan after a successful operation in 1955, by which time the unit was part of the Paratroopers Brigade instead of an independent force. Dayan had opposed Unit 101’s creation in 1953. Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

This week in Israeli history: Aug. 5-11

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published August 5, 2021
JULY 30: Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets with silver medalist Yael Arad and bronze medalist Oren Smadja on Aug. 31, 1992, to celebrate their Olympic success. Photo by Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli history: July 29-Aug. 4

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published July 29, 2021

This week in Israeli history: July 22-28

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published July 22, 2021
JULY 19: Stella Levy, shown in 1970, commanded the IDF Women’s Corps for six years. Photo by Fritz Cohen, Israeli National Photo Collection

This week in Israeli history: July 15-21

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published July 15, 2021
JULY 11: The 1927 earthquake caused extensive damage in cities such as Jericho, Jerusalem and Nablus.

This week in Israeli History: July 8-14

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published July 8, 2021
This week in Israeli history: July 1-7

This week in Israeli history: July 1-7

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published July 1, 2021
Players participate in the Israel Baseball League All-Star Game in July 2007.

This week in Israeli history: June 24-30

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published June 25, 2021
Orna Barbivai receives the insignia of her new rank of major general from her husband, Moshe, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz (right) on June 23, 2011. Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who announced her promotion, stands to the side.

This week in Israeli history: June 17-23

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published June 18, 2021
This week in Israeli History: June 10-16

This week in Israeli History: June 10-16

Center for Israel Education
Published June 10, 2021

This week in Israeli history: June 3-9

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published June 3, 2021
Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek in 1971

This week in Israeli history

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published May 28, 2021
MAY 26: Fourth Aliyah pioneers milk cows at Emek Zevulun’s Moshav Kfar Hasidim, founded by religious immigrants from Poland in April 1925.

This week in Israeli history: May 20-26

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published May 20, 2021
MAY 14 — David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, reads the state’s Declaration of Independence at the Tel Aviv Museum on May 14, 1948.

This week in Israeli history

Center for Israel Education
Published May 13, 2021
Before learning of the bombing in Rishon LeZion, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President George W. Bush meet at the White House on May 7, 2002, to discuss how to end the Second Intifada and make progress toward peace.

This week in Israeli history

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
Published May 6, 2021
President George W. Bush brings together Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (left) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a summit in Aqaba, Jordan, in June 2003.

This week in Israeli history

Center for Israel Education
Published April 29, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion tried to persuade Albert Einstein to serve as Israel’s second president.

This week in Israeli history: April 15-21

Center for Israel Education
Published April 15, 2021
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shake hands at the White House signing ceremony for the peace treaty March 26, 1979. Photo by Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office

This week in Israeli History

Center for Israel Education
Published March 24, 2021
January 27: Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami (left) and Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurei shake hands Jan. 21, 2001, during peace talks in Taba, Egypt.

This week in Israeli history

Center for Israel Education
Published January 24, 2019
Load More Stories