Hebron massacre

Last remaining survivor of 1929 Hebron massacre passes away at 100

Yitzhak Ben Hebron was about four years old at the outbreak of the riots that led to the massacre, and managed to escape the violence through the window of the Avraham Avinu Synagogue.

An officer of the Palestinian Police stands guard outside the Hebron Yeshiva (school for Talmudic study) in the aftermath of the Hebron massacre in Mandatory Palestine, 1929.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN emblazoned on Austrian stamp, 2018.

This week in Jewish history: 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' published

A GALA celebration of the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress takes place at the original venue, the Stadtcasino Basel, Switzerland, in 2022.

The Jewish community should reevaluate its priorities and reconnect with its mission - opinion

 GRAND MUFTI of Jerusalem and Supreme Islamic Council chairman Amin Al-Husseini teaches a Bosnian SS volunteer to use a rifle in 1943.

'Ghosts of a Holy War': How the Israel-Hamas War is rooted in the 1929 Hebron massacre - review


Ghosts of a Holy War: How the 1929 Hebron massacre shaped a century of conflict

Yardena Schwartz's new book explores the 1929 Hebron massacre and its lasting impact on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, drawing parallels to today's ongoing strife.

Synagogue desecrated by Arab rioters. Hebron.

This Week in History: Hebron Massacre

67 Jews were killed. Synagogues and homes, lived in for generations, were destroyed.

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Senior Israeli rabbi praises Jewish terrorist for 'stopping great danger'

Rabbi Meir Mazuz, known for his controversial views, claimed Jewish Israeli terrorist Baruch Goldstein "prevented a very great danger" by killing 29 Palestinians in Hebron.

 Rabbi Meir Mazuz speaks at the campaign opening event of "Yachad Political party" in Bnei Brak, March 12, 2019.

Palestinian rejectionism, glorification of terrorism is stopping peace - opinion

Such actions prove that the core issue isn’t occupation, but Palestinian rejectionism and terrorism against the indigenous people of the land – the Jews

 YANKELE HILLEL, a survivor of the 1929 Hebron massacre, places a stone on a grave amid a long row of small headstones for the victims, at a cemetery in the city, August 2009, marking 80 years since the massacre.

This week in Jerusalem: The last witness

A round-up of city affairs.

 Happy 100th, Avraham Kiryati!

Palestinians object to 'politicized' elevator at Tomb of Patriarchs

Emek Shaveh also accused the plan of promoting unilateral actions in disputed areas.

Hebron, November 22, 2019.

1929 letter to Rabbi Kook over Jewish ownership of Western Wall discovered

"For my great astonishment I do not have the power to elaborate as I just learned the wall is to be registered as the Arabs' property due to the fear the government would carry out pogroms."

Rabbi Wintroub's letter to Rabbi Kook, 1929.

Netanyahu falls short of history in Hebron -analysis

All eyes are turned to PM’s visit Wednesday to the City of the Patriarchs

The Beit Rachel and Beit Leah homes in Hebron

90 years later, last-known Jewish survivor recalls Hebron massacre

Kiryati was then a boy of eight. He and his 18-year-old uncle Moshe Capilouto were in their grandparents’ home as Arabs made their way through the Hebron streets calling for Jews to be slaughtered.

Avraham Kiryati, a survivor of the 1929 Hebron massacre

Breaking the Silence smears Israel in ‘The Guardian’ – again

The group smeared a Ramadan meal between Jews and Muslims in Hebron, omitting key facts while speaking to an audience already unsympathetic to Israel.

A Kosher Iftar meal in Hebron with setllers and Palestinians