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.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI
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 highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER
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

This is a moment of catharsis. It is a time to instill in younger generations a sense of purpose, resilience, and pride in their heritage.

|ByDANIEL M ROSEN
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

“The forces that drove Arabs in Hebron to slaughter their Jewish neighbors in 1929,” she writes, “were identical to the forces behind October 7.”

|ByNEVILLE TELLER

This Week in Israeli History: 1929 Arab Riots

AUGUST 27, 2015ByEYTAN MEIR
The Jerusalem Post