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Chaim Weizmann
Menachem Ussishkin, Chairman of the KKL Board alongside Moshe Sharett and Yosef Weitz, walking between rows of kindergarten children from Nahalal. The children's parents, who were residents of Nahalal, were employed by KKL in tree-planting work, including the planting of King George Forest, which was inaugurated during the ceremony. Courtesy of the Central Zionist Archives, KKL-JNF Central Office Archives, Jerusalem
January 9, 2025, 7:11 pm
Rare photographs reveal early days of cinema in Israel
Collection of historic images include Jaffa Port, Haifa Port, and the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv during Chanukah
By Michelle Rosenberg
Cromwell, to whom Jews owe so much, looks down on us from outside Parliament
May 5, 2023, 1:42 pm
OPINION: In praise of the great protector, Oliver Cromwell
2023 is a big year for us thanks to the man who founded the English Republic, writes professor Colin Shindler
By Colin Shindler
Technion Israel campus (Screengrab)
April 26, 2023, 9:58 am
OPINION: The Technion and Israel: 75 years of high-tech history
From Iron Dome to the groundbreaking PillCam: how the Israel Institute of Science and Technology defines Israel as a global leader in innovative tech
By Alan Aziz
David Lloyd George
July 7, 2020, 10:51 am
Britain’s First World War PM said Jews were ‘a dangerous people to quarrel with’
David Lloyd George gave secret testimony to the 1937 Palestine Royal Commission, where he said Jews were 'a very helpful people if you get them on your side'
Top: Chaim Weizmann and Natan Sharansky. Bottom: Joseph Trumpeldor and Levi Eshkol
March 26, 2019, 9:27 am
Russian-speaking Jews who shaped Israel
From Josef Trumpeldor and Natan Sharansky, to Chaim Weizmann and Levi Eshkol, the Jewish state has a wealth of contribution from Russian-speakers
By Jenni Frazer
Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis during a ceremony to mark 80th anniversary of first Kindertransport in Hope Square, London. Photo credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire
December 3, 2018, 9:35 am
First Kindertransport marked with ceremony at Liverpool Street Station
Chief Rabbi Mirvis leads menorah lighting on the first evening of Chanukah, as the community marks the 80th anniversary of the rescue campaign
From the YIVO archive: Jewish socialists at a picnic around 1902
October 18, 2018, 12:29 pm
Hidden gem of Jewish world comes to London
Jenni Frazer meets the man in charge of a unique archive of ‘just about everything to do with the Jews of  Eastern Europe’
By Jenni Frazer
Loraine Warren (outgoing President, now Honorary President); Ronit Ribak Madari (Chairman); Professor Rivka Lazovsky, (Chairperson of World Wizo); Michele Pollock (outgoing Chairman, now President)
July 11, 2018, 5:54 pm
Wizo UK marks 100 years of ‘creating an empire of good’
More than 300 guests gathered at St John's Wood Synagogue for the leading social welfare charity's centenary celebrations
By Francine Wolfisz
Abba Kovner stands at the centre of the Vilna Ghetto Fighters, some of whom later joined Nakam (The Avengers)
January 25, 2018, 10:51 am
The Holocaust Avengers: ‘Most wished they could have killed more Nazis’
New documentary Holocaust: The Revenge Plot, airing on Channel 4, reveals an audacious plan by survivors to kill six million Germans
By Francine Wolfisz
Chaim Weizmann at the signing of the Declaration of Independence
November 2, 2017, 10:55 am
Aliyah 100 list: Gone, but never forgotten
Here are 30 much-missed British-born men and women who helped build Israel
By Ben Chrome
Chief Rabbi Mirvis address New West End Synagogue during the Balfour 100 event Source: Screenshot from video
October 30, 2017, 9:47 am
Architects of Balfour honoured at ceremony in their former London shul
Six hundred people join the Chief Rabbi to mark the centenary of the declaration at New West End Synagogue
By Jenni Frazer
Teenagers taking part in last year's hackathon, organised by Jewish Interactive
August 31, 2017, 1:08 pm
Students compete to learn from Weizmann’s legacy
Young Jews visit Weizmann House to learn about a biochemist who was one of the earliest Zionist leaders
January 12, 2017, 1:20 pm
WJR’s work in Belarus birthplace of Chaim Weizmann
Jewish charity working in impoverished birthplace of Israel's first president
By Jewish News Reporter
David Ben Gurion (left) signing the Declaration of Independence held by Moshe Sharet, with Eliezer
November 4, 2016, 9:54 am
10 things you may not know about Balfour
To mark this week’s 99th anniversary of the Balour Declaration, we reveal some fascinating facts about the most famous proclamation since the Ten Commandments
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