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Exodus was among the ship records found in a Tel Aviv document trove - exclusive

Documents and photographs reviewed by The Jerusalem Post show that the material spans several years and reflects more than one phase of Jewish immigration to Israel.

Historic aliyah records, including documents listing the Exodus immigrant ship and other vessels from the pre-state period, found in the Aliyah and Integration Ministry’s Tel Aviv offices.
An illustrative image of God calling on Abraham to leave his country to the Promised Land.

The Torah between Abraham and Herzl: Israel’s call to moral leadership - opinion

 A silhouette of Theodor Herzl and an Israeli flag hanging from a pole attached to the side of a building in Jerusalem, Israel.

A New Zionist Home for a New Zionist Conversation - opinion

 ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Danny Danon speaks at a Security Council meeting this week. The Jewish state’s approach has always been the same as that of Caleb and Joshua: ‘Let us by all means, go up… for we shall surely overcome it,’ says the writer.

Echos of biblical proportions: Israel's war with Iran mirrors story of Moses's 12 spies - opinion


A second Herzl moment: Why Zionist institutions must reform now - opinion

It’s time to pause and ask: Do Zionist institutions serve the Jewish people today, or primarily themselves?

 Batel Blaish-Sultanik is the Executive Director & Founder of the AID Coalition

The Jewish state at a crossroads: New realities or status quo? - opinion

As the nation of Israel is now at a crossroads, it is time for a bit more humility and a lot more faith.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Capitol in Washington on Monday upon his inauguration.

We can operationalize the dream of unity into a reality - opinion

A Pew Research Center survey shows decreasing societal divisions in Israel, reflecting hope amid challenges. Fourth Quarter promotes unity through consensus-driven reforms.

Israeli flag.

The Jewish Zionist story is one of rebirth - opinion

The survivors had every reason to lose hope and give up. But they did exactly the opposite. At this lowest point they found the best opportunity for rebirth – the establishment of the State of Israel

 PARTICIPANTS WAVE Israeli flags at the annual International March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau, on Holocaust Remembrance Day last year.

Israel’s future: A tale of two (or three) Zionisms - opinion

The lines between religion and state are being blurred.

  THE ISSUE under discussion this Passover, on the eve of the 75th anniversary of Israel, is how do we perceive the origin story of Zionism?

Celebrating 75 years of Theodor Herzl's Zionist idea - opinion

The world recognized Theodor Herzl's old-new Zionist idea, Jews are a people tied to a particular homeland with the right to establish a Jewish state in their homeland.

 CELEBRATIONS TAKE place in the streets of Tel Aviv moments after the UN voted to pave the way for the creation of Israel, on November 29, 1947

IDF officers learn about Herzl, leadership in Budapest

The "Leadership Sees the Future Journey," as the program is called, deals with the importance of formulating a Zionist vision even today.

 20 IDF officers go to Budapest to learn about Zionism and leadership.

125 years on, this is my Zionism - opinion

Zionism and the state of Israel means a lot to the Jewish people, why?

THE TWENTY-FIRST Zionist Congress, Geneva, 1939.

What is the connection between Herzl and haredim? - opinion

IN CONTRAST to all these negative sentiments about the Zionist movement, there were rabbis who advocated the return of world Jewry to the Land of Israel before Herzl came on the scene.

 A HAREDI man pays his respects at the grave of Theodor Herzl on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

What Zionist lessons can we learn from Passover?

Like Moses, early Zionists weren’t disheartened by initial setbacks and rejections. They persisted and used diplomacy and resistance.

 IRAN’S ATOMIC Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami (right) and IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi attend a news conference in Tehran last month. Today’s Zionists must stand up to Iranian nuclear aspirations.